Siege of Magdeburg (1806)

Siege of Magdeburg
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
Capitulation of Magdeburg, 8 November 1806 by Théophile-Auguste Vauchelet, 1837
Date 25 October – 8 November 1806[1] Location Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia 52°08′00″N 11°37′00″E / 52.1333°N 11.6167°E / 52.1333; 11.6167 Result French victory:[1] surrender of the Prussian garrison, capture of Prussia's second-largest city on 11 November 1806.
Belligerents
French Empire	Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Michel Ney	Franz von Kleist
Strength
16,000[1][2]–25,000 men[3]	24,000[1][3]–25,000 men[2] 700 artillery pieces[3]
Casualties and losses
Light[4]	Entire garrison[2] and 20 generals POW[3] 54 flags, 700 artillery captured[3]

War of the Fourth Coalition

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125miles

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The siege of Magdeburg (French: Siège de Magdebourg) took place from 25 October to 8 November 1806 during the War of the Fourth Coalition. A French force, initially under the command of Marshal Joachim Murat, then a French army Corps under the command of Marshal Michel Ney laid siege and eventually obtained the surrender of Franz Kasimir von Kleist's Prussian force that had taken refuge in Magdeburg,^[2] Prussia's second city.^[3]