Battle of Kulm
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The Battle of Kulm was fought near the town Kulm (Czech: Chlumec) and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. A French corps under General Dominique Vandamme attacked Alexander Osterman-Tolstoy's Russian corps on 29 August. The next day, Friedrich von Kleist's Prussian corps hit Vandamme in the rear while Russian and Austrian reinforcements attacked the French front and left. Vandamme was defeated with the loss of between 13,000 and 25,000 men and 82 guns.
- See Battle of Chlumec for the 1126 battle at Kulm
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Battle of Kulm | |||||||
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Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
Painting by Alexander Kotzebue | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Russia Austria Prussia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Dominique Vandamme | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
32,000[2]–37,000[1] |
Initially: 15,000–16,000[3] Totally: 103,000[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
13,000 to 25,000[lower-alpha 2] Details: 9,000 killed or wounded; 8,000 captured; 81 guns; 2 Imperial Eagles; 2 guidons.[1] |
11,000 to 12,319[lower-alpha 3] Details: 11,000 killed or wounded; 1,000 captured.[1] | ||||||
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