Battle of Bautzen

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Napoleonic Wars battle battle

The Battle of Bautzen was a significant 1813 engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon’s forces fought a large Russo-Prussian army in eastern Saxony, contributing to the shifting fortunes of the War of the Sixth Coalition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Bautzen canonical	2
Battle of Bautzen (1813)	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
belligerent	First French Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign	Spring campaign of 1813 ⓘ
CoalitionCasualties	tens of thousands killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
CoalitionCommander	Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ surface form: King Frederick William III of Prussia (present) Peter Wittgenstein ⓘ Alexander I of Russia ⓘ surface form: Tsar Alexander I of Russia (present)
CoalitionStrength	approximately 90000–100000 troops ⓘ
combatantAlliance	War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ surface form: Sixth Coalition
commandedBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I of France
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ surface form: Germany (modern location)
date	20–21 May 1813 ⓘ
endDate	1813-05-21 ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
followedBy	Armistice of Pläswitz ⓘ Autumn campaign of 1813 ⓘ
FrenchAllies	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
FrenchCasualties	tens of thousands killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
FrenchCommander	Joachim Murat ⓘ Michel Ney ⓘ Napoleon I ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I of France Marshal Nicolas Oudinot ⓘ surface form: Nicolas Oudinot Étienne Macdonald ⓘ
FrenchStrength	approximately 115000–150000 troops ⓘ
location	Bautzen ⓘ Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ eastern Saxony ⓘ
notableFeature	French failed to destroy the retreating Coalition army ⓘ Heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ Napoleon attempted a double envelopment ⓘ
opponent	Prussian Army ⓘ surface form: Russo-Prussian army
partOf	War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Lützen (1813) ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Dresden ⓘ Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
result	French tactical victory ⓘ Strategic indecisiveness for Napoleon ⓘ
startDate	1813-05-20 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	Contributed to Coalition decision to seek an armistice ⓘ Failed to achieve decisive destruction of Coalition forces ⓘ Part of shifting fortunes in the War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
theatre	German campaign of 1813 ⓘ
year	1813 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the Sixth Coalition → majorBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ

Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ

Battle of Lützen (1813) → followedBy → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Bautzen (1813)

Bautzen → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Bautzen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Bautzen (1813)