Battle of Lützen (1813)

Battle of Lützen
	Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
	; Napoléon with his troops.
Date	2 May 1813
Location	Lützen, Germany51°13′00″N 12°11′00″E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France; Kingdom of Italy; Hesse	Russia; Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon; Michel Ney; Jean-de-Dieu Soult; Auguste de Marmont; Édouard Mortier; Henri Gatien Bertrand; Jacques MacDonald; Eugène de Beauharnais; Nicolas Oudinot; Antoine Drouot; Jean-Baptiste Bessières †; Horace Sébastiani; Jacques Lauriston;	Peter Wittgenstein; Alexander I; Alexander Tormasov; Ferdinand von Wintzingerode; Levin August von Bennigsen; Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher; Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg; Gerhard von Scharnhorst (DOW); Frederick William III;
Strength
78,000–145,000 ; 372 guns	70,000–96,000 ; 552 guns
Casualties and losses
19,655–22,000	11,500–30,000
	Location within Europe

In the Battle of Lützen (German: Schlacht von Großgörschen, 2 May 1813), Napoleon I of France defeated an allied army of the Sixth Coalition.

War of the Sixth Coalition:
German campaign

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The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to forestall Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked the French right wing near Lützen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, surprising Napoleon. Recovering quickly, Napoleon ordered a double envelopment of the allies. After a day of heavy fighting, the imminent encirclement of his army prompted Wittgenstein to retreat. Due to a shortage of cavalry, the French did not pursue.

The two armies would clash again in the Battle of Bautzen three weeks later.

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