Event
Capitulation of Stettin: Believing themselves massively outnumbered
30 Oct 1806 · 53.43° N, 14.55° E
What the records say
- When
- 30 Oct 1806
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 53.43° N, 14.55° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Capitulation of Stettin.
Summary
Capitulation of Stettin: Believing themselves massively outnumbered, the 5,300-man garrison at Stettin in Prussia surrenders to a much smaller French force without a fight.
Capitulation of Stettin
1806 surrender during the War of the Fourth Coalition
In the Capitulation of Stettin on 29–30 October 1806, Lieutenant General Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg surrendered the garrison and fortress to a much smaller French light cavalry brigade led by General of Brigade Antoine Lasalle.
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