Siege of Dresden (1813)

The siege of Dresden was a siege during the German campaign of 1813 of the War of the Sixth Coalition.

Siege of Dresden (1813)
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
Date 10 October 1813 – 11 November 1813 Location Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony 51°03′00″N 13°44′24″E Result Austro-Russian victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Austria Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr	Johann von Klenau Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy
Casualties and losses
35,000 captured
Location within Europe

Background

After the Battle of Dresden, Napoleon had ordered Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr, commanding XIV Corps, to garrison Dresden.

Siege

After the French defeat at the Battle of Leipzig the garrison of Dresden was cut off and eventually besieged by the Russian Corps commanded by Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy which was joined on 26 October by the Austrian IV Corps commanded by Johann von Klenau .

• 

Surrender

Saint-Cyr surrendered to Klenau on 11 November 1813. Alongside Saint-Cyr; 11 Divisional Generals, 19 Brigade Generals, 1,759 officers and 33,744 men were captured as well as 94 guns.^[1][2][3]