What the records say
- When
- 2 Apr 1813
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.25° N, 10.42° E
- Description
- 1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition
Battle of Lüneburg
1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition
In the Battle of Lüneburg on 2 April 1813, Allied Russians and Prussians were victorious over a French and Saxon division. The battle was the first major combat action after the retreat of the defeated French in Russia behind the Elbe. Its importance lay in the moral effect on the German public as the first success of the Allies in the wars of liberation that were now beginning.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Gefecht bei Lüneburg siegen verbündete Preußen und Russen über ein französisches Korps”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page