Battle of Katzbach

When

26 Aug 1813

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.13° N, 16.07° E

Description

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

The Battle of the Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was a major battle of the Napoleonic Wars between the forces of the First French Empire under Marshal MacDonald and a Russo-Prussian army of the Sixth Coalition under Prussian Marshal Graf (Count) von Blücher. It occurred during a heavy thunderstorm at the Katzbach river between Wahlstatt and Liegnitz in the Prussian province of Silesia.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Katzbach: Napoleon's troops are defeated by Prussia and Russia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht an der Katzbach”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite française à la bataille de Katzbach”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение на Кацбахе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page