Battle of Dennewitz

Battle of Dennewitz
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition

Painting by Alexander Wetterling, 1842
Date6 September 1813[1]
Location
South of Berlin
51°58′00″N 13°00′00″E / 51.9667°N 13.0000°E / 51.9667; 13.0000
Result Coalition victory[2][3]
Belligerents
 Prussia
 Russia
 Sweden		 First French Empire France
Kingdom of Württemberg Württemberg
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
Kingdom of Prussia Bogislav von Tauentzien
Sweden Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte		 First French Empire Michel Ney
First French Empire Nicolas Oudinot
Strength
80,000[4]–85,000[2][5]
150 guns[1]		 45,000[4]–70,000[1]
200 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
9,700[6]–11,000[1]
Details:
9,000 killed or wounded
2,000 captured[1]		 20,000[1]–23,215[3][7]
53 guns[3]
Details:
10,000 killed or wounded[7][3][8]
13,500 captured[1]
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The Battle of Dennewitz (German: Schlacht von Dennewitz[a]) took place on 6 September 1813 between French forces commanded by Marshal Michel Ney and the Sixth Coalition's Allied Army of the North commanded by Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden, Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow and Bogislav von Tauentzien. It occurred in Dennewitz, a village in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, near Jüterbog, 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Berlin. The battle marked a turning point in the German Campaign of 1813 as not only did the Allied victory end Napoleon's hopes of capturing Berlin and knocking Prussia out of the war, but the severity of the French defeat, inflicted by a primarily Prussian force, also led to the erosion of fidelity of German allies to the Napoleonic cause.[9] The French losses, and consequent diplomatic reverses, that resulted from Dennewitz contributed greatly to Napoleon's defeat a month later at the Battle of Leipzig.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bodart 1908, p. 457.
  2. ^ a b Leggiere 2002, p. 209.
  3. ^ a b c d Leggiere 2015, p. 391.
  4. ^ a b Clodfelter 2008, p. 178.
  5. ^ Barton 1925, pp. 91–92.
  6. ^ Leggiere 2015, p. 10.
  7. ^ a b Barton 1925, pp. 85–91.
  8. ^ Atteridge 1912, p. 228.
  9. ^ Scott 1935, pp. 101–103.


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