Capitulation of Ratekau

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The Capitulation of Ratekau was the formal surrender of Prussian forces to Napoleon’s troops in 1806, marking the end of their failed escape after the Battle of Lübeck during the War of the Fourth Coalition.

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Label Occurrences
Capitulation of Ratekau canonical 1
Surrender at Ratekau 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event ⓘ
military capitulation ⓘ
after Prussian retreat from Lübeck ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Surrender at Ratekau ⓘ
belligerent Napoleonic troops ⓘ
linked to: Grande Armée

Prussian forces ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Army
cause failed escape of Prussian forces after the Battle of Lübeck ⓘ
conflict War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
countryInvolved French Empire ⓘ
linked to: First French Empire

Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
date 1806 ⓘ
era early 19th century ⓘ
follows Battle of Lübeck ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
location Duchy of Holstein ⓘ
Ratekau ⓘ
near Lübeck ⓘ
militaryTheater Northern Germany ⓘ
namedAfter Ratekau ⓘ
opponentCommander Napoleon I ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Prussian campaign of 1806 ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ
French conquest of Prussia in 1806 ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
Prussian surrender ⓘ
significance contributed to the collapse of Prussian resistance in 1806 ⓘ
marked the end of the Prussian attempt to escape encirclement after the Battle of Lübeck ⓘ
typeOfSurrender formal military capitulation ⓘ

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

Battle of Lübeck → followedBy → Capitulation of Ratekau ⓘ
Capitulation of Ratekau → alsoKnownAs → Surrender at Ratekau ⓘ
linked to: Capitulation of Ratekau