Lützen, Battle of, Germany, 1813
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Name (Hebrew)
קרב לוצן, גרמניה, 1813
Name (Latin)
Lützen, Battle of, Germany, 1813
Other forms of name
nne Lützen, Battle of, 1813
Coordinates
12.1833 12.1833 51.2167 51.2167 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Campaigns Germany
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q329534
Library of congress:
sh 85079040
Sources of Information
- Brassey's battles, 1995(Lützen; Napoleon held five villages in front of Lutzen ... The villages changed hands several times during the day ...)
- Eggenberger, D. Dict. of battles, 1967(Lützen; the allies struck the French right rear at Grossgörschen and four other villages southeast of Lützen)
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Grossgoerschen1813
Carl Röchling
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File:Battle of Lutzen 1813 by Fleischmann.jpg
Artist: FLEISCHMANN, Andrea Johann (1811 – 1878), Public domain
File:Europe relief laea location map.jpg
Alexrk2, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Mort du maréchal Bessières.jpg
Unknown author, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
In the Battle of Lützen (German: Schlacht von Großgörschen, 2 May 1813), Napoleon I of France defeated an allied army of the Sixth Coalition. 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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