Siege of Metz (1814)

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Siege of Metz (1814)
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
The optical telegraph line Metz–Mainz 1813-1814
Date 17 January – 10 April 1814 Location Metz, French Empire 49°07′13″N 06°10′40″E / 49.12028°N 6.17778°E / 49.12028; 6.17778 Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Prussia Russian Empire Electorate of Hesse
Commanders and leaders
Pierre Durutte	Otto von Pirch Dimitri Youzefovitch
Strength
8,200	Unknown
class=notpageimage| Location within Europe

The siege of Metz (17 January – 10 April 1814) was a siege of the French city of Metz during the War of the Sixth Coalition at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It pitted French forces under General Pierre François Joseph Durutte against Prussian, Russian and Hessian troops commanded by the Russian General Dimitri Mikhailovich Youzefovitch. The allied force began the siege on 17 January 1814 and eventually lifted it on 10 April the same year, without having taken the city.