Battle of Heilsberg

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Battle of Heilsberg
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
Emperor Napoleon I on the battlefield of Heilsberg, on 11 June 1807 by Joseph Nicolas Jouy, 1837
Date 10 June 1807 Location Heilsberg, East Prussia (now Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland) 54°07′00″N 20°35′00″E / 54.1167°N 20.5833°E / 54.1167; 20.5833 Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
French Empire	Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon I Joachim Murat Jean Lannes Claude Legrand Saint-Hilaire Jean-Antoine Verdier	Leonty Bennigsen Andrei Gorchakov Pyotr Bagration Constantine Pavlovich Nikolay Kamensky
Strength
50,000[1]–64,500[2] overall ~30,000[3] engaged	90,000[1][2] overall ~53,000[3][4] engaged
Casualties and losses
Versions: up to 8,000;[a] 1,398 killed,[3] 10,059 wounded,[3] 864 captured;[3][5] up to 13,000 killed or wounded.[b]	Versions: 6,000 killed or wounded;[3][4][5] 2,000–3,000 killed and 5-6,000 wounded;[6] 9,000 killed or wounded;[7] 3,000 killed or 7,000 wounded.[1]

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The Battle of Heilsberg took place on 10 June 1807 off the town of Heilsberg (now Lidzbark Warmiński), during the Napoleonic Wars.^[8]

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