Battle of Dresden

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The Battle of Dresden was a significant 1813 Napoleonic victory in Saxony, where Napoleon’s forces defeated a larger coalition army during the German campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Schlacht bei Dresden ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dresden
belligerent Austrian Empire ⓘ
Coalition forces ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesSide1Approx around 10000 French and allied casualties ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesSide2Approx around 38000 Coalition casualties ⓘ
causeOfNotableDeath Jean Victor Marie Moreau mortally wounded by cannon shot ⓘ
combatantSide France and allies ⓘ
Sixth Coalition ⓘ
commandedBy Guillaume Marie Anne Brune ⓘ
linked to: Guillaume Brune

Joachim Murat ⓘ
Michel Ney ⓘ
Napoleon I ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
date 26–27 August 1813 ⓘ
endDate 27 August 1813 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Dennewitz ⓘ
Battle of Kulm ⓘ
location Dresden ⓘ
Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
notableDeath Jean Victor Marie Moreau ⓘ
opposedByCommander Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden ⓘ
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ⓘ
King Frederick William III of Prussia ⓘ
Tsar Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
partOf German campaign of 1813 ⓘ
linked to: Leipzig campaign

War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Grossbeeren ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
startDate 26 August 1813 ⓘ
strategicSignificance failed to reverse overall strategic situation of War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
temporary restoration of French dominance in central Europe ⓘ
strength French and allied forces numerically inferior to Coalition forces ⓘ
strengthSide1Approx about 135000 French and allied troops engaged ⓘ
strengthSide2Approx about 200000–220000 Coalition troops engaged ⓘ
tacticalFeature French defensive position behind fortifications of Dresden ⓘ
heavy use of artillery and Imperial Guard counterattacks ⓘ
theatre Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
weatherCondition heavy rain affected battlefield conditions ⓘ
year 1813 ⓘ

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

War of the Sixth Coalition → majorBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Army of Bohemia → engagement → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Battle of Dresden → alsoKnownAs → Schlacht bei Dresden ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dresden
Battle of Kulm → precededBy → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Battle of Bautzen → relatedTo → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Battle of Katzbach → precededBy → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
War of Liberation → hasSignificantBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Claude Victor-Perrin → commandedInBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Old Guard → battle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Armistice of Pläswitz → before → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Battle of Grossgörschen → followedBy → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Allied Army of Silesia → engagement → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Autumn campaign of 1813 → hasPart → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Leipzig campaign → hasPart → Battle of Dresden (1813) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dresden
Peter Wittgenstein → notableBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
subject linked to: General Peter Wittgenstein
Battle of Grossbeeren → precededBy → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
XII Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
III Corps → participatedInBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Claude-Victor Perrin → notableBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
subject linked to: Marshal Claude-Victor Perrin
Jean Moreau → notableBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
German Wars of Liberation → hasPart → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
VI Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Duke of Belluno → titleHolderNotableBattle → Battle of Dresden ⓘ