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In the Battle of Lützen (German: Schlacht von Großgörschen, May 2, 1813), Napoleon I of France halted the advances of the Sixth Coalition after his devastating losses in Russia. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to preempt Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked Napoleon's isolated right wing near Lützen, Germany. After a day of heavy fighting, the combined Prussian and Russian force retreated, but without cavalry the French were unable to follow their defeated enemy.

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  • Battle of Lützen (1813)
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  • In the Battle of Lützen (German: Schlacht von Großgörschen, May 2, 1813), Napoleon I of France halted the advances of the Sixth Coalition after his devastating losses in Russia. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to preempt Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked Napoleon's isolated right wing near Lützen, Germany. After a day of heavy fighting, the combined Prussian and Russian force retreated, but without cavalry the French were unable to follow their defeated enemy.
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Partof
  • the War of the Sixth Coalition
Date
  • 1813-05-02(xsd:date)
Commander
  • Napoleon I
  • Alexander I
  • Frederick William III
  • Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Caption
  • Lutzen, Battle of . Napoleon with his troops. Fleischmann, Andrea Johann
Casualties
  • 2757(xsd:integer)
  • 16898(xsd:integer)
  • about 15,000 killed and wounded
Result
  • Tactical French victory
combatant
  • 20(xsd:integer)
  • Russia
  • Prussia
  • French Empire
Place
  • Near Lützen, southwest of Leipzig, present-day Germany
Conflict
  • Battle of Lützen
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  • In the Battle of Lützen (German: Schlacht von Großgörschen, May 2, 1813), Napoleon I of France halted the advances of the Sixth Coalition after his devastating losses in Russia. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to preempt Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked Napoleon's isolated right wing near Lützen, Germany. After a day of heavy fighting, the combined Prussian and Russian force retreated, but without cavalry the French were unable to follow their defeated enemy.
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