Battle of Katzbach

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Battle of Katzbach

The Battle of Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was an accidental engagement of the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
between the forces of the First French Empire

First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
under Marshal

Marshal of France

The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements....
MacDonald

Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald

Etienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre MacDonald, 1st duc de Taranto was a Marshal of France and a French military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars....
and a Russo-Prussian

Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
army of the Sixth Coalition under Prussian Marshal Graf

Graf

Graf is a historical German nobility title equal in rank to a count or a British earl . A derivation ultimately from the Greek verb graphein 'to write' may be fanciful: Paul the Deacon wrote in Latin ca 790: "the count of the Bavarians that they call gravio who governed Bolzano and other strongholds?" ; this may be read to make...
(Count

Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
) von Blücher

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher, F?rst von Wahlstatt , Graf , later elevated to F?rst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
. It occurred during a heavy thunderstorm at the Katzbach

Kaczawa

The Kaczawa is a small river in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. It springs from the B?br-Kaczawa Mountains near Kaczor?w, Lower Silesian Voivodeship and flows north and northeast through the towns of Swierzawa, Zlotoryja, and Legnica....
river between Wahlstatt

Legnickie Pole

Legnickie Pole is a village in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Legnickie Pole....
and Liegnitz

Legnica

Legnica is a city on the Kaczawa river in Lower Silesia in south-western Poland. According to official figures for 2006, it has a total population of 105,485....
in the Prussian province of Silesia

Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in present-day Poland, with parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas....
. Taking place the same day as the Battle of Dresden

Battle of Dresden

The Battle of Dresden was fought on August 26-27 August, 1813 around Dresden, Germany, resulting in a France victory under Napoleon I of France against forces of the Sixth Coalition of Austrian Empirens, Imperial Russians and Prussians under Field Marshal Karl Philipp F?rst zu Schwarzenberg....
, it resulted in a French defeat.

The two armies, roughly equal in size, stumbled upon one another, taking both by surprise.

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The Battle of Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was an accidental engagement of the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

First French Empire

Marshal of France

The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements....
MacDonald

Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald

Kingdom of Prussia

Graf

Count

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Kaczawa

Legnickie Pole

Legnickie Pole is a village in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Legnickie Pole....
and Liegnitz

Legnica

Silesia

Battle of Dresden

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
main force from Blücher, MacDonald decided to attack. He dispatched two-thirds of his army, about 60,000 men, in an attempt to flank the Russo-Prussian right. But confusion reigned again as the French columns found themselves too far apart to support one another. The attack lost momentum.

Meanwhile, the remaining 30,000 men of MacDonald's force, who were supposed to fix the Coalition in place, were met by a heavy counter-attack. Without support or reinforcement, the French were soon forced to withdraw, taking heavy losses. MacDonald's casualties numbered 15,000 killed, wounded or captured, Blücher's some 4,000. Beyond the battle losses, the French strategic position had been weakened. This, coupled with the defeats at Kulm

Battle of Kulm

The Battle of Kulm was a battle near the town Chlumec and the village Prestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on August 29-30 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition....
, four days later, and Dennewitz

Battle of Dennewitz

The Battle of Dennewitz took place on 6 September 1813 between the forces of the First French Empire and an army of Kingdom of Prussia and Russian Empire of the Sixth Coalition....
on 6 September, would more than negate Napoleon's victory at Dresden.

Because of his victory, Blücher received the title of "Prince of Wahlstatt" on June 3 1814.