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Danzig capitulated on 24 May 1807. Napoleon then ordered the siege of the nearby Weichselmünde fort, but Kamensky had fled with his troops, and the garrison capitulated shortly afterwards. The battle cost the French 6,000 killed and wounded, [3] while the Prussians lost 3,000 killed, wounded and sick, and the Russians 1,500. [4]
Battle of Oliva 1627: naval battle in the vicinity of Oliwa (currently part of Gdańsk) Siege of Danzig (1655–1660): Unsuccessful siege by Swedish forces in the Deluge; Siege of Danzig (1734): Russians capture the city during the War of the Polish Succession; Siege of Danzig (1807): French capture the city from Prussians during the War of the ...
Battle of Ostrołęka (1807) 16 Feb: French defeat Russians Anglo-Turkish War: Dardanelles Operation: 19 Feb: A failed British attempt against the coastal fortifications of the Ottoman capital of Constantinople: Franco-Swedish War and War of the Fourth Coalition: Great Sortie of Stralsund: 1–3 April: Sweden pushes the French Army out of ...
François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (/ l ə ˈ f ɛ v r ə / lə-FEV-rə, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒozɛf ləfɛvʁ]; 25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820) [1] was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon.
On 24 May 1807, the Siege of Danzig ended when Prussian General Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth capitulated to French Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre.This gave Napoleon the opportunity to engage the Russian forces led by Levin August von Bennigsen and then Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov.
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After the defeat of the Fourth Coalition, and the capture of the city by French, Polish and Italian troops, Napoleon Bonaparte created the semi-independent Free City of Danzig (1807–1814). Danzig reverted to Prussia after Napoleon's defeat in 1814, following another siege that lasted almost a whole year.
The film recounts the defence of the besieged fortress town of Kolberg against French troops between April and July 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. In fact, the city's defence, led by then-Lieutenant Colonel August von Gneisenau, held out until the war was ended by the Treaty of Tilsit. But the film portrays the French abandoning the siege.