Battle of the Katzbach

Battle of the Katzbach
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
Battle of the Katzbach by Eduard Kaempffer
Date 26 August 1813[1] Location near Liegnitz, Prussia 51°06′17″N 16°05′57″E / 51.10472°N 16.09917°E / 51.10472; 16.09917 Result Russo-Prussian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Prussia  Russian Empire	French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gebhard von Blücher Ludwig Yorck Osten-Sacken	Jacques MacDonald Jacques Lauriston François Bastien Sébastiani
Units involved
Army of Silesia	Army of the Bober
Strength
80,000[1]–95,000[2]	60,000[1]–75,000[2]
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed and wounded (battle) 22,000 (campaign)[3]	Unknown casualties (battle) 30,000 (campaign)[3][4] 103 guns[4]
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The Battle of the Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was a major battle of the Napoleonic Wars between the forces of the First French Empire under Marshal MacDonald and a Russo-Prussian army of the Sixth Coalition under Prussian Marshal Graf (Count) von Blücher.^[5] It occurred during a heavy thunderstorm at the Katzbach river between Wahlstatt and Liegnitz in the Prussian province of Silesia.^[6] Taking place the same day as the Battle of Dresden, it resulted in a Coalition victory, with the French retreating to Saxony.