Battle of Bautzen

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The Battle of Bautzen was a significant 1813 engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon’s forces fought a large Russo-Prussian army in eastern Saxony, contributing to the shifting fortunes of the War of the Sixth Coalition.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Bautzen canonical 20
Battle of Bautzen (1813) 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign Spring campaign of 1813 ⓘ
CoalitionCasualties tens of thousands killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
CoalitionCommander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
King Frederick William III of Prussia (present) ⓘ
Peter Wittgenstein ⓘ
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (present) ⓘ
CoalitionStrength approximately 90000–100000 troops ⓘ
combatantAlliance Sixth Coalition ⓘ
commandedBy Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
country Germany (modern location) ⓘ
linked to: Germany
date 20–21 May 1813 ⓘ
endDate 1813-05-21 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
followedBy Armistice of Pläswitz ⓘ
Autumn campaign of 1813 ⓘ
FrenchAllies Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
FrenchCasualties tens of thousands killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
FrenchCommander Joachim Murat ⓘ
Michel Ney ⓘ
Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I

Nicolas Oudinot ⓘ
Étienne Macdonald ⓘ
FrenchStrength approximately 115000–150000 troops ⓘ
location Bautzen ⓘ
Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
eastern Saxony ⓘ
notableFeature French failed to destroy the retreating Coalition army ⓘ
Heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
Napoleon attempted a double envelopment ⓘ
opponent Russo-Prussian army ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Army
partOf War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Dresden ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
result French tactical victory ⓘ
Strategic indecisiveness for Napoleon ⓘ
startDate 1813-05-20 ⓘ
strategicSignificance Contributed to Coalition decision to seek an armistice ⓘ
Failed to achieve decisive destruction of Coalition forces ⓘ
Part of shifting fortunes in the War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
theatre German campaign of 1813 ⓘ
year 1813 ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

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

War of the Sixth Coalition → majorBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Battle of Lützen (1813) → followedBy → Battle of Bautzen (1813) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bautzen
Bautzen → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Bautzen (1813) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bautzen
Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult → participatedIn → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
subject linked to: Soult commanded French forces
Prince Eugène de Beauharnais → notableBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Weissenberg → historicalEventNearby → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Spring campaign of 1813 → hasBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Armistice of Pläswitz → after → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Battle of Grossgörschen → followedBy → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Peter Wittgenstein → notableBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
subject linked to: General Peter Wittgenstein
Nicolas Oudinot → battle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
subject linked to: Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
XII Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
III Corps → participatedInBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Étienne Macdonald → battle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Levin August von Bennigsen → notableBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
French V Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
German Wars of Liberation → hasPart → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
I Corps (Grande Armée) → engagedInBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
subject linked to: I Corps
IV Corps (Grande Armée) → participatedIn → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
subject linked to: IV Corps
VI Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ
Bolesław I the Brave → battle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ