Siege of Antwerp (1814)

Siege of Antwerp
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
The Allies Taking Possession of Antwerp in 1814 by Mathieu Ignace van Brée, c. 1814-1820
Date 14 January – 4 May 1814[1] (3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) Location Antwerp, Deux-Nèthes, France (now Belgium) 51°13′04″N 04°24′01″E / 51.21778°N 4.40028°E / 51.21778; 4.40028 Result Inconclusive[1]
Belligerents
France	United Kingdom  Prussia  Sweden  Russia
Commanders and leaders
Lazare Carnot	Thomas Graham Friedrich von Bülow
Strength
10,000[1]	Jan–Feb: 8,000[1] Mar–May: 5,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown[1]	Unknown[1]

War of the Sixth Coalition:
Campaign Low Countries 1814

50km
30miles

Courtrai

4

Bergen op Zoom

3

Antwerp

Hoogstraten

1

  

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The siege of Antwerp took place from 14 January 1814 to 4 May 1814, during the War of the Sixth Coalition.^[1] Led by Governor Lazare Carnot, Antwerp, then a French city, resisted an Allied siege until Napoleon's abdication and the signing of an armistice.