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The Battle of Leipzig, [e] also known as the Battle of the Nations, [f] 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 and Karl von Schwarzenberg , decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte .
31 lip 2023 · More than half a million soldiers from across Europe converged on the outskirts of Leipzig, in Saxony, in October 1813 for the Battle of Leipzig—a clash of empires that decided the fate of...
28 wrz 2023 · The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was a battle fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars. The largest battle in European history prior to World War I, it resulted in a defeat for Napoleon and led to the collapse of his empire.
9 paź 2024 · Battle of Leipzig, (Oct. 16–19, 1813), decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland. The battle was fought at Leipzig, in Saxony, between approximately 185,000 French and other troops under Napoleon, and approximately 320,000.
2 dni temu · THE Battle of Nations, or Battle of Leipzig as it’s also called, was fought from October 16 to October 19, 1813, and was the largest and most decisive engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. This monumental clash pitted Napoleon Bonaparte ’s forces against the combined armies of the Sixth Coalition, composed of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden.
The largest military engagement in 19th-century Europe, the Battle of Leipzig was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 following a major preliminary clash on the 14th. The battle marked the climax of the campaigns in Germany that began in the wake of Napoleon’s disaster in Russia in 1812.
22 sie 2013 · The Battle of Leipzig ended on 19 October 1813 not only with the victory of the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden over Napoleon. With far more than 500,000 soldiers and over 90,000 dead and wounded, it was also one of the biggest and bloodiest battles in European history.
