Siege of Metz

Quand

3 janv. 1814 – 10 avr. 1814

Type

Siège

Coordonnées

49.12° N, 6.18° E

Description

1814 siege during the War of the Sixth Coalition

1814 siege during the War of the Sixth Coalition

The siege of Metz was a blockade of the French city of Metz during the War of the Sixth Coalition at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It pitted French forces under General of Division (GD) Pierre François Joseph Durutte against Prussian soldiers under Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Russian cavalry under Nikolay Borozdin, Russian troops under Dimitri Mikhailovich Youzefovitch, and Hessian soldiers under von Müller.

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