Second Battle of Kulm

Second Battle of Kulm / Battle of Teplitz
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
Date17 September 1813
Location
Kulm (Chlumec) in northern Bohemia
50°41′59″N 13°56′23″E / 50.699725°N 13.939653°E / 50.699725; 13.939653
Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
 Austria
 Prussia
 Russia		  France
Commanders and leaders
Austrian Empire Karl von Schwarzenberg
Austrian Empire Eugen von Württemberg
Kingdom of Prussia Friedrich Graf Kleist		 First French Empire Napoleon
Strength
120,000[1] 60,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Light[2] Moderate[3]

The Second Battle of Kulm or the Battle of Teplitz[a] was fought on 17 September 1813 upon the heights immediately above the town of Kulm (Chlumec) in northern Bohemia, by the Army of Bohemia commanded by the Austrian field marshal, Prince of Schwarzenberg, and a French army under the command of Napoleon. It resulted in a Coalition victory over the French.

  1. ^ a b Thiers 1861, p. 503.
  2. ^ Smith 1998, p. 455.
  3. ^ Smith 1998, p. 456.


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