Battle of Hagelberg

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

Prussian Landwehr at Hagelberg by Richard Knötel
Date27 August 1813
Location52°08′N 12°32′E / 52.133°N 12.533°E / 52.133; 12.533
Result Coalition Victory
Belligerents
 Prussia
 Russia
 France
 Saxony
 Westphalia
Commanders and leaders
Karl Friedrich von Hirschfeld
Alexander Chernyshyov
Jean-Baptiste Girard (WIA) (POW)
Strength
11,310
11 guns[1]
8,900
23 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
1,759[1] 6,000
8 guns[1]

The 'Battle of Hagelberg (also: Battle of Lübnitz) took place on 27 August 1813, following the Battle of Grossbeeren and in the run-up to the Battle of Leipzig during the War of the Sixth Coalition. A Prussian force of mostly Landwehr militia, together with Russian Cossacks, destroyed a French, Saxon and Westphalian force of 8,900 men.

  1. ^ a b c Leggiere 2002, p. 182.
  2. ^ Leggiere 2002, p. 181.