Battle of Bautzen (1813)

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Battle of Bautzen
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
Napoleon on white horse surrounded by his officers, receives a messenger.
Date 20–21 May 1813[1] Location Bautzen, Kingdom of Saxony 51°11′00″N 14°25′00″E / 51.1833°N 14.4167°E / 51.1833; 14.4167 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Russia  Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Michel Ney Jean-de-Dieu Soult Auguste de Marmont Édouard Mortier Henri Gatien Bertrand Jacques MacDonald Pierre Augereau Nicolas Oudinot Géraud Duroc Horace Sébastiani Jacques Lauriston	Peter Wittgenstein Alexander I Barclay de Tolly Mikhail Miloradovich Grand Duke Konstantin Levin August von Bennigsen Gebhard von Blücher Frederick William III Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg Friedrich von Kleist
Strength
100,000–200,000[2][3][1][4]	96,000–97,000[5][3][1][4]
Casualties and losses
20,000–25,000[6][7][1][8]	11,000–20,000[6][7][1][8][2]
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In the Battle of Bautzen (20–21 May 1813), a combined Prusso-Russian army, retreating after their defeat at Lützen and massively outnumbered, was pushed back by Napoleon but escaped destruction. Some sources claim that Marshal Michel Ney failed to block their retreat. The Prussians were led by General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and the Russians by General Peter Wittgenstein.