Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen

Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
The Stork Tower (Baszta Bociania) in Dobre Miasto.
Date 5–6 June 1807 Location Guttstadt, East Prussia (modern Dobre Miasto, Poland) Result Russo–Prussian victory
Belligerents
First French Empire	Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Michel Ney Nicolas Soult J-B Bernadotte  (WIA) Claude-Victor Perrin	Levin Bennigsen Dmitry Dokhturov
Strength
Guttstadt: 17,000 Lomitten: 6,000, 16 guns Spanden: unknown	Guttstadt: 63,000 Lomitten: 12,000, 76 guns Spanden: 6,000
Casualties and losses
Guttstadt: 2,042 Lomitten: 1,185 Spanden: unknown	Guttstadt: 2,000–2,500 Lomitten: 2,800 Spanden: 500–800

Coordinates: 53°59′N 20°24′E / 53.983°N 20.400°E / 53.983; 20.400

Michel Ney
Nicolas Soult
J-B Bernadotte  (WIA)

In the Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen on 5 and 6 June 1807, troops of the Russian Empire led by General Levin August, Count von Bennigsen attacked the First French Empire corps of Marshal Michel Ney. The Russians pressed back their opponents in an action that saw Ney fight a brilliant rear guard action with his heavily outnumbered forces. During the 6th, Ney successfully disengaged his troops and pulled back to the west side of the Pasłęka (Passarge) River. The action occurred during the War of the Fourth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Dobre Miasto (Guttstadt) is on Route 51 about 20 kilometers (12 mi) southwest of Lidzbark Warmiński (Heilsberg) and 24 kilometers (15 mi) north of Olsztyn (Allenstein). The fighting occurred along Route 580 which runs southwest from Guttstadt to Kalisty (Deppen) on the Pasłęka.

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