Battle

Battle of Eylau

7 Feb 1807 – 8 Feb 1807 · 54.40° N, 20.63° E

Open on the map

What the records say

When
7 Feb 1807 – 8 Feb 1807
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
54.40° N, 20.63° E
Description
1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

Battle of Eylau

1807 battle of the War of the Fourth Coalition

The Battle of Eylau was a bloody and strategically inconclusive battle on 7 and 8 February [O.S. 26 and 27 Jan.] 1807 between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under the command of General Levin August von Bennigsen near the town of Preussisch Eylau in East Prussia. Late in the battle, the Russians received timely reinforcements from a Prussian division of von L'Estocq.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

7 sources record it

Nearby in time and place