Battle of Dennewitz
1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Dennewitz (German: Schlacht von Dennewitz[lower-alpha 1]) took place on 6 September 1813 between French forces commanded by Marshal Michel Ney and the Sixth Coalition's Allied Army of the North commanded by Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden, Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow and Bogislav von Tauentzien. It occurred in Dennewitz, a village in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, near Jüterbog, 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Berlin. The battle marked a turning point in the German Campaign of 1813 as not only did the Allied victory end Napoleon's hopes of capturing Berlin and knocking Prussia out of the war, but the severity of the French defeat, inflicted by a primarily Prussian force, also led to the erosion of fidelity of German allies to the Napoleonic cause.[9] The French losses, and consequent diplomatic reverses, that resulted from Dennewitz contributed greatly to Napoleon's defeat a month later at the Battle of Leipzig.
Battle of Dennewitz | |||||||
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Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
Painting by Alexander Wetterling, 1842 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Prussia Russia Sweden | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow Bogislav von Tauentzien Crown Prince Charles John |
Michel Ney Nicolas Oudinot | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
80,000[4]–85,000[2][5] 150 guns[1] |
45,000[4]–70,000[1] 200 guns[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
9,700[6]–11,000[1] Details: 9,000 killed or wounded 2,000 captured[1] |
20,000[1]–23,215[3][7] 53 guns[3] Details: 10,000 killed or wounded[7][3][8] 13,500 captured[1] | ||||||