Battle of Dresden

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The Battle of Dresden was a significant 1813 Napoleonic victory in Saxony, where Napoleon’s forces defeated a larger coalition army during the German campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition.

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Battle of Dresden canonical 10
Schlacht bei Dresden 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Dresden
surface form: Schlacht bei Dresden
belligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Coalition forces
First French Empire
Kingdom of Bavaria
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony
Kingdom of Sweden
Russian Empire
casualtiesAndLossesSide1Approx around 10000 French and allied casualties
casualtiesAndLossesSide2Approx around 38000 Coalition casualties
causeOfNotableDeath Jean Victor Marie Moreau mortally wounded by cannon shot
combatantSide France and allies
War of the Sixth Coalition
surface form: Sixth Coalition
commandedBy Guillaume Brune
surface form: Guillaume Marie Anne Brune

Joachim Murat
Michel Ney
Napoleon I
conflict Napoleonic Wars
date 26–27 August 1813
endDate 27 August 1813
followedBy Battle of Dennewitz
Battle of Kulm
location Dresden
Kingdom of Saxony
Saxony
notableDeath Jean Victor Marie Moreau
opposedByCommander Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
surface form: King Frederick William III of Prussia

Alexander I of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexander I of Russia
partOf Leipzig campaign
surface form: German campaign of 1813

War of the Sixth Coalition
precededBy Battle of Grossbeeren
result French victory
startDate 26 August 1813
strategicSignificance failed to reverse overall strategic situation of War of the Sixth Coalition
temporary restoration of French dominance in central Europe
strength French and allied forces numerically inferior to Coalition forces
strengthSide1Approx about 135000 French and allied troops engaged
strengthSide2Approx about 200000–220000 Coalition troops engaged
tacticalFeature French defensive position behind fortifications of Dresden
heavy use of artillery and Imperial Guard counterattacks
theatre Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars
weatherCondition heavy rain affected battlefield conditions
year 1813

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War of the Sixth Coalition majorBattle Battle of Dresden
Army of Bohemia engagement Battle of Dresden
Battle of Dresden alsoKnownAs Battle of Dresden
this entity surface form: Schlacht bei Dresden
Battle of Kulm precededBy Battle of Dresden
Battle of Bautzen relatedTo Battle of Dresden
Battle of Katzbach precededBy Battle of Dresden
War of Liberation hasSignificantBattle Battle of Dresden
Claude Victor-Perrin commandedInBattle Battle of Dresden
Old Guard battle Battle of Dresden