Battle of Leipzig

Battle of Leipzig by Vladimir Moshkov
Date 16–19 October 1813
Location
Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
51°20′N 12°23′E
Result Coalition victory
Territorial
changes The Confederation of the Rhine is dissolved; France loses control of territory east of the Rhine.

Belligerents
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Sweden
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Saxony[a]
Württemberg[a]
France
Grand Duchy of Baden Baden
Duchy of Warsaw
Italy
Kingdom of Naples Naples
Saxony[a]
Württemberg[a]
Commanders and leaders
Austrian Empire Karl von Schwarzenberg
Austrian Empire Francis I
Russian Empire Alexander I
Russian Empire Barclay de Tolly
Russian Empire Levin von Bennigsen
Russian Empire Peter Wittgenstein
Kingdom of Prussia Frederick William III
Kingdom of Prussia Gebhard L. von Blücher
Sweden Crown Prince Karl Johan
First French Empire Napoleon
First French Empire Pierre Augereau
First French Empire Louis-Alexandre Berthier
First French Empire Jacques MacDonald
First French Empire Auguste de Marmont
First French Empire Édouard Mortier
First French Empire Michel Ney
First French Empire Nicolas Oudinot
First French Empire Claude Victor-Perrin
First French Empire Jacques Lauriston (POW)
Józef Poniatowski †
Kingdom of Naples Joachim Murat
Kingdom of Saxony Frederick Augustus I Surrendered
Strength
16–17 October:
257,000[1]
1,400 guns[1]
18–19 October:
365,000[1]

Russian Empire 145,000
Austrian Empire 115,000
Kingdom of Prussia 90,000
Sweden 25,000
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 6,000[2]
1,500 guns[1]
16–17 October:
177,000[1]
700 guns[3]
18–19 October:
195,000[1]

First French Empire 160,000[3]
Kingdom of Saxony 40,000
15,000
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) 10,000
700 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
54,000[1]-76,000[4]-80,000[5][6]

Official allied estimates:[4][7]

Russian Empire 22,605
Kingdom of Prussia 16,033
Austrian Empire 14,958
Sweden 208


29 generals and 1,896 officers[5]
60,000[5][6]-74,000[8]-79,000[9]:
38,000 killed and wounded
30,000–36,000 captured (15,000 wounded)
5,000–6,000 defected
325 guns
66 generals and 2,414 officers[5]
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Location within Europe
The Battle of Leipzig[b] (French: Bataille de Leipsick; German: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig, [ˈfœlkɐˌʃlaxt baɪ̯ ˈlaɪ̯pt͡sɪç] (listen); Swedish: Slaget vid Leipzig), also known as the Battle of the Nations,[13] was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops, as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine (mainly Saxony and Württemberg). The battle was the culmination of the German Campaign of 1813 and involved 560,000 soldiers, 2,200 artillery pieces, the expenditure of 400,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and 133,000 casualties, making it the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, and the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I.

Decisively defeated again, Napoleon was compelled to return to France while the Sixth Coalition kept up its momentum, dissolving the Confederation of the Rhine and invading France early the next year. Napoleon was forced to abdicate and was exiled to Elba in May 1814.
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