Battle of Grossbeeren

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The Battle of Grossbeeren was a 1813 engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which Prussian-led Allied forces halted a French advance on Berlin, contributing to the rollback of Napoleon’s control in Germany.

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Battle of Grossbeeren canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alliedForce Prussian-led Allied army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Großbeeren ⓘ
associatedWith Coalition strategy of avoiding direct battle with Napoleon ⓘ
defence of Berlin ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
campaign German campaign of 1813 ⓘ
combatantStrength French forces numerically superior to local Prussian corps ⓘ
commander Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ⓘ
Nicolas Oudinot ⓘ
Oudinot ⓘ
commemoratedBy monuments at Grossbeeren ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
date 1813-08-23 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Dennewitz ⓘ
frenchForce Army of the Main ⓘ
historicalEra Napoleonic era ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
legacy commemorated in Prussian and German military history ⓘ
location Grossbeeren ⓘ
linked to: Großbeeren

Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

south of Berlin ⓘ
notableFeature Prussian Landwehr participation ⓘ
fought in heavy rain ⓘ
objective French advance on Berlin ⓘ
outcome French advance on Berlin halted ⓘ
partOf War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
campaigns leading to Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Dresden ⓘ
relatedEvent War of Liberation in Germany ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance first major Allied success in defence of Berlin in 1813 ⓘ
strategicEffect contributed to rollback of Napoleon’s control in Germany ⓘ
tacticalOutcome French forces forced to retreat ⓘ
theater Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
year 1813 ⓘ

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Battle of Dresden → precededBy → Battle of Grossbeeren ⓘ
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg → notableBattle → Battle of Grossbeeren ⓘ
Leipzig campaign → hasPart → Battle of Grossbeeren ⓘ