Battle of Heilsberg

When

10 Jun 1807

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

54.12° N, 20.58° E

Description

1807 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

1807 Battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

The Battle of Heilsberg took place on 10 June [O.S. 29 May] 1807 off the town of Heilsberg, during the Napoleonic Wars. In it, Joachim Murat's French troops began the offensive on Leonty (Levin) Bennigsen's Russian force ahead of schedule. The opponents fought until nightfall, by which time the French attacks had produced no results. They concluded an operational armistice.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Heilsberg ends in a draw”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Heilsberg zwischen Frankreich und Russland (Vierter Koalitionskrieg) endet unentschieden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire française sur la Russie à la bataille d'Heilsberg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of the Fourth CoalitionOct 1806 · War