Battle of Saalfeld

When

10 Oct 1806

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.65° N, 11.37° E

Description

1806 battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

1806 Battle during the War of the Fourth Coalition

The Battle of Saalfeld took place on 10 October 1806, at which a French force of 12,800 men commanded by Marshal Jean Lannes defeated a Prussian-Saxon force of 8,300 men under Prince Louis Ferdinand. The battle took place in Thuringia in what was the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The battle was the second clash in the Prussian Campaign of the War of the Fourth Coalition.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Saalfeld: French forces under Marshal Jean Lannes clash at Saalfeld with a Prussian advance guard”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der preußische General Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Preußen fällt in der Schlacht bei Saalfeld im Vierten Koalitionskrieg gegen Napoleon Bonaparte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire française sur la Prusse à la bataille de Saalfeld”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of the Fourth CoalitionOct 1806 · War