Battle of Grossbeeren
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The Battle of Grossbeeren was a 1813 engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which Prussian-led Allied forces halted a French advance on Berlin, contributing to the rollback of Napoleon’s control in Germany.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alliedForce | Prussian-led Allied army ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Großbeeren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Coalition strategy of avoiding direct battle with Napoleon
ⓘ
defence of Berlin ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaign | German campaign of 1813 ⓘ |
| combatantStrength | French forces numerically superior to local Prussian corps ⓘ |
| commander |
Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolas Oudinot NERFINISHED ⓘ Oudinot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | monuments at Grossbeeren ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1813-08-23 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Dennewitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frenchForce | Army of the Main NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Napoleonic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| legacy | commemorated in Prussian and German military history ⓘ |
| location |
Grossbeeren
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ south of Berlin ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Prussian Landwehr participation
ⓘ
fought in heavy rain ⓘ |
| objective | French advance on Berlin ⓘ |
| outcome | French advance on Berlin halted ⓘ |
| partOf |
War of the Sixth Coalition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
campaigns leading to Battle of Leipzig ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | War of Liberation in Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| significance | first major Allied success in defence of Berlin in 1813 ⓘ |
| strategicEffect | contributed to rollback of Napoleon’s control in Germany ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome | French forces forced to retreat ⓘ |
| theater | Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1813 ⓘ |
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