enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Battle of Leipzig - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig

    The Battle of Leipzig, [e] also known as the Battle of the Nations, [f] was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony.The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

  3. Monument to the Battle of the Nations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Battle_of...

    The Monument to the Battle of the Nations (German: Völkerschlachtdenkmal) is a monument in Leipzig, Germany, to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations. Paid for mostly by donations and the city of Leipzig, it was completed in 1913 for the 100th anniversary of the battle at a cost of six million goldmarks .

  4. Fulda Gap - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulda_Gap

    The Fulda Gap roughly corresponds to the route along which Napoleon chose to withdraw his armies after defeat (16–19 October 1813) at the Battle of Leipzig. [2] Napoleon succeeded in defeating a Bavarian-Austrian army under Wrede in the Battle of Hanau (30–31 October 1813) not far from Frankfurt.

  5. German campaign of 1813 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_campaign_of_1813

    The coalition now had a clear numerical superiority, which they eventually brought to bear on Napoleon's main forces, despite earlier setbacks such as the Battle of Dresden. The high point of allied strategy was the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, which ended in a decisive defeat for Napoleon. The Confederation of the Rhine was dissolved ...

  6. Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Breitenfeld_(1631)

    The Battle of Breitenfeld (German: Schlacht bei Breitenfeld; Swedish: Slaget vid Breitenfeld) or First Battle of Breitenfeld (in older texts sometimes known as Battle of Leipzig), was fought at a crossroads near Breitenfeld approximately 8 km north-west of the walled city of Leipzig on 17 September (Gregorian calendar), or 7 September (Julian calendar, in wide use at the time), 1631.

  7. History of Leipzig - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Leipzig

    Map of Leipzig in 1876 The Battle of Leipzig in 1813. While Saxony had been an ally of France since 1806, the Battle of Leipzig took place in 1813, where the armies of Austrian Empire, Prussia, the Russian Empire and Sweden, reinforced by German patriots, inflicted a decisive defeat on Napoleon and his allies, among whom was the Kingdom of Saxony.

  8. Battle of Austerlitz - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz

    The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. [9] The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire (now Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic). Around 158,000 troops were involved ...

  9. Siege of Dresden (1813) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Dresden_(1813)

    Location within Europe The siege of Dresden was a siege during the German campaign ... Napoleon at Leipzig The Battle of Nations. Warwick, England: Helion.