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Apr 4, 2024 · On the final day of the Battle of Leipzig (Oct. 16–19, 1813) he led one of the columns that made the decisive attack, and that evening he was made a count. Afterward he fought the forces of the French marshal Louis Davout in northern Germany. In 1818 Bennigsen retired for the last time, settling on his Hanoverian estate of Banteln near ...
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Sep 28, 2023 · Article. The Battle of Leipzig (16-19 October 1813), or the Battle of the Nations, was the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), featuring over half a million soldiers and resulting in over 100,000 total casualties. The climax of the 1813 German campaign, the battle ended with the decisive defeat of French Emperor Napoleon I (r ...
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Feb 22, 2018 · After a decade of war, that one man faced the combined strength of all the powers of Europe united against him. His name was Napoleon Bonaparte and the engagement that followed became known to history as the Battle of the Nations. The year was 1813 and it was the Battle of Leipzig.
Introduction. The largest military engagement in 19th-century Europe, the Battle of Leipzig was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 following a major preliminary clash on the 14th. The battle marked the climax of the campaigns in Germany that began in the wake of Napoleon’s disaster in Russia in 1812. Early in 1813, Russian forces, soon joined ...
Counting the cost, French casualties amounted to 70,000 dead, wounded, and captured. The Coalition lost 54,000 men. Napoleon retreated across the great Rhine River and prepared to defend France against invasion. The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of Nations, was by far the largest engagement of the Napoleonic Wars.
Apr 6, 2017 · Yes, the coalition seemed to be keeping “the Ogre” Bonaparte at bay, but the prospect of bringing him to battle remained intimidating. Nevertheless, in four days in October 1813, the armies of the Old Regime would accomplish just that. The Battle of Leipzig, soon to be known as die Völkerschlacht—“the Battle of the Nations”—fought ...
LEIPZIG, BATTLE OFThe Battle of Leipzig (16–19 October 1813), also known as the Battle of the Nations, was the largest military engagement fought until the twentieth century. It marked the end of the Napoleonic Empire. Strategically, it was more important than Waterloo. This four-day battle was fought on a front twelve to twenty-five miles long.