Battle of Heilsberg

The Battle of Heilsberg took place on 10 June 1807 off the town of Heilsberg (now Lidzbark Warmiński), during the Napoleonic Wars.

Battle of Heilsberg
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition

Emperor Napoleon I on the battlefield of Heilsberg, on 11 June 1807 by Joseph Nicolas Jouy, 1837
Date10 June 1807
Location
Heilsberg, East Prussia (now Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland)
54°07′00″N 20°35′00″E
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
French Empire Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon I
Joachim Murat
Jean Lannes
Claude Legrand
Saint-Hilaire
Jean-Antoine Verdier
Leonty Bennigsen
Andrei Gorchakov
Pyotr Bagration
Constantine Pavlovich
Nikolay Kamensky
Strength
50,000–64,500 overall
~30,000 engaged
90,000 overall
~53,000 engaged
Casualties and losses

Versions:

  • up to 8,000;
  • 1,398 killed, 10,059 wounded, 864 captured;
  • up to 13,000 killed or wounded.

Versions:

  • 6,000 killed or wounded;
  • 2-3,000 killed and 5-6,000 wounded;
  • 9,000 killed or wounded;
  • 3,000 killed or 7,000 wounded.
War of the Fourth Coalition
200km
125miles
Friedland
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
Eylau
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
Berlin
7
6
5
4
Jena–Auerstedt
3
2
1
 current battle
 Napoleon not in command
 Napoleon in command
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