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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 ...
1807: Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Cardal: 20 Jan: UK defeats Spain ... France captures Danzig, now Gdańsk, from Prussia. Prussia was aided by Russia and the UK.
22 January – 11 December 1807 Inconclusive Battle of Mohrungen: 25 January 1807 Loss Battle of Eylau: 7–8 February 1807 Inconclusive Siege of Kolberg: 14 March – 2 July 1807 Inconclusive Siege of Danzig: 19 March – 24 May 1807 Loss Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen: 5–6 June 1807 Victory Battle of Heilsberg: 10 June 1807 Inconclusive
Prussia had acquired the City of Danzig in the course of the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. After the defeat of King Frederick William III of Prussia at the 1806 Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, according to the Franco-Prussian Treaty of Tilsit of 9 July 1807, the territory of the free state was carved out from lands that made up part of the West Prussia province.
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.
This freed many of Mortier's troops for other duties and allowed Napoleon to concentrate on reducing Gdańsk (Danzig). [8] Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre invested the fortress of Danzig on 10 March 1807. After a prolonged defense in the Siege of Danzig, General of Infantry Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth surrendered on 24 May. Of the ...
Sweden was established in Stralsund since the Battle of Stralsund (1628), [1] and in the rest of the Duchy of Pomerania since the Treaty of Stettin (1630). [2] By the Peace of Westphalia (1648) and the Treaty of Stettin (1653), the duchy was partitioned into a Swedish part, including Stralsund, and a Brandenburg-Prussian part. [3]