Battle of Lützen (1813)

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The Battle of Lützen (1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon’s forces fought a large Russo-Prussian army in Saxony, resulting in a costly French tactical victory but no decisive strategic advantage.

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Battle of Lützen (1813) canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Grossgörschen ⓘ
approximateStrengthAllies about 73000 soldiers ⓘ
approximateStrengthFrench about 130000 soldiers ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign Spring campaign of 1813 ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesAllies tens of thousands killed and wounded (approx. 15000–20000) ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesFrench tens of thousands killed and wounded (approx. 18000–20000) ⓘ
combatantSide France and allies ⓘ
Russia and Prussia ⓘ
commander Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia ⓘ
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Joachim Murat ⓘ
Michel Ney ⓘ
Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I

Nikolay Raevsky ⓘ
Peter Wittgenstein ⓘ
conflictIn Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
date 1813-05-02 ⓘ
endDate 1813-05-02 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Bautzen (1813) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bautzen
historicalSignificance demonstrated Napoleon could still win large battles after 1812 ⓘ
failed to secure decisive decision needed to end the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
location Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
near Lützen, Saxony ⓘ
notableFeature first major battle after Napoleon’s return from the Russian campaign ⓘ
heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
objectiveAllies defeat Napoleon before his forces fully reorganized ⓘ
objectiveFrench drive Coalition forces out of Saxony ⓘ
partOf War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
precededBy French retreat from Russia (1812) ⓘ
primaryOpposingForces newly raised French conscript army vs experienced Russo-Prussian troops ⓘ
relatedEvent Armistice of Pläswitz ⓘ
relatedPlace Leipzig ⓘ
result French tactical victory ⓘ
no decisive strategic advantage ⓘ
startDate 1813-05-02 ⓘ
strategicOutcome Allied armies withdrew in good order ⓘ
did not destroy the Russo-Prussian army ⓘ
tacticalOutcome French forces held the field ⓘ
terrain villages and flat fields around Grossgörschen and Lützen ⓘ
theatre German campaign of 1813 ⓘ
weaponry muskets, artillery, cavalry sabres ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the Sixth Coalition → majorBattle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
Battle of Bautzen → precededBy → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
Lützen → knownFor → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
Lützen → hasEvent → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult → participatedIn → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
subject linked to: Soult commanded French forces
Prince Eugène de Beauharnais → notableBattle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
Spring campaign of 1813 → hasBattle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
Nicolas Oudinot → battle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
subject linked to: Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
III Corps → participatedInBattle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
Étienne Macdonald → battle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
French V Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
German Wars of Liberation → hasPart → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
I Corps (Grande Armée) → engagedInBattle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
subject linked to: I Corps
IV Corps (Grande Armée) → participatedIn → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
subject linked to: IV Corps
VI Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ