Battle of Leipzig

When

16 Oct 1813 – 19 Oct 1813

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.31° N, 12.41° E

Description

major battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon (1813)

1813 battle of the Napoleonic Wars

The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I, Karl von Schwarzenberg, Gebhard von Blücher and Swedish Crown Prince Charles John, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Leipzig: Napoleon is defeated by the forces of the Sixth Coalition”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Leipzig Savaşı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ライプツィヒの戦い（諸国民の戦い）: ロシア・プロイセン・オーストリア・スウェーデン等の対仏同盟軍がフランス軍を包囲・撃破。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page