Battle of Nations
| Battle of Leipzig | |||||||||
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| Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||||
 Russian, Austrian, and Prussian troops in Leipzig. Painting by Alexander Sauerweid |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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 Napoleon Louis-Alexandre Berthier Michel Ney.svg){kind=small} Joachim Murat Józef Poniatowski † Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (POW)
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 Alexander I Karl Philipp Gebhard von Blücher Crown Prince Charles John Count von Bennigsen
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| Units involved | |||||||||
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French Grand Army
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Coalition Armies: Army of Bohemia Army of the North Army of Silesia Army of Poland |
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October 16–17: 225,000
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October 16–17: 380,000
October 18–19: 430,000
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 38,000 dead and wounded 20,000 captured |
54,000 dead, wounded or missing: Army of Bohemia 34,000 Army of Silesia 12,000 Army of the North 4,000 Army of Poland 4,000 |
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October 16–17: 225,000
700 guns
October 16–17: 380,000
1,500 guns
October 18–19: 430,000
The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations (Russian: Битва народов, Bitva narodov; German: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig; French: Bataille des Nations) was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813, at Leipzig, Saxony. The coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden, led by Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the French army of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops, as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine. The battle was the culmination of the 1813 German campaign and involved nearly 600,000 soldiers, making it the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I.
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