Battle of Großbeeren
1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Großbeeren occurred on 23 August 1813 in neighboring Blankenfelde and Sputendorf [de] between the Prussian III Corps under Friedrich von Bülow and the Franco-Saxon VII Corps under Jean Reynier. Napoleon had hoped to drive the Prussians out of the Sixth Coalition by capturing their capital, but the swamps south of Berlin combined with rain and marshal Nicolas Oudinot's ill health all contributed to the French defeat.
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Battle of Großbeeren | |||||||
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Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
Rain having rendered small arms fire impossible, Saxon infantry (left) use musket butts and bayonets to defend a churchyard against a Prussian onslaught | |||||||
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Prussia Russia Sweden |
France Saxony | ||||||
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Units involved | |||||||
III Corps | VII Corps | ||||||
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32,000[1] | 18,000[1] | ||||||
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1,800[1] 6 guns[2] |
3,200[1] 14 guns[2] | ||||||
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