Battle of Dresden

Battle of Dresden
Part of the German campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition
Battle of Dresden by Carle Vernet and Jacques François Swebach
Date 26–27 August 1813[1] Location Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony 51°02′N 13°44′E / 51.033°N 13.733°E / 51.033; 13.733 Result French victory
Belligerents
France Saxony	Austria  Russia  Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon I Michel Ney Auguste de Marmont Joachim Murat Claude Victor Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr Édouard Mortier	Alexander I Peter Wittgenstein Barclay de Tolly Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolay Raevsky Dmitry Golitsyn Jean Moreau (DOW) Francis II Karl von Schwarzenberg Ignác Gyulay Johann von Klenau Hesse-Homburg Frederick William III Friedrich Graf Kleist
Strength
100,000[1] 135,000[2]	200,000[1] 215,000[2]
Casualties and losses
10,000 killed or wounded[1]	38,000[2] 14,000 killed or wounded, 24,000 captured, 40 guns
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German campaign

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The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle took place around the city of Dresden in modern-day Germany. With the recent addition of Austria, the Sixth Coalition felt emboldened in their quest to expel the French from Central Europe. Despite being heavily outnumbered, French forces under Napoleon scored a victory against the Army of Bohemia led by Generalissimo Karl von Schwarzenberg. However, Napoleon's victory did not lead to the collapse of the coalition, and the weather and the uncommitted Russian reserves who formed an effective rear-guard precluded a major pursuit. Three days after the battle, the Allies surrounded and destroyed a French corps advancing into their line of withdrawal at the Battle of Kulm.