Siege of Hamburg
Siege of Hamburg | |||||||
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Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
1830s map of Hamburg during the siege (1813–14) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Louis-Nicolas Davout |
Levin August von Bennigsen Dmitry Dokhturov | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
40,000 initially (25,000 men later left for France)[1] | 56,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
6,000[1] killed or wounded | 6,000[1] killed or wounded |
History of Hamburg |
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The city of
Despite steadily shrinking manpower, food and ammunition supplies, Davout's forces displayed no signs of abandoning Hamburg. When French armies withdrew west after the lost
Strengths
French forces are estimated to 42,000 (Including 10,000 Danes[2] and 8,000 wounded[3])
Allied force are estimated to 52,000
Other
During Davout's defense of Hamburg, one type of silver coin was issued. The design of the 32 schilling coin of 1809 was reused, and the date was not changed, but the mintmaster's initials were changed from HSK (for Hans Schierven Knoph) to CAIG (for C. A. J. Ginquembre, who was the French director of the mint in 1813). The coins were issued in 1813, and are listed in the Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 by Krause Publications as type number KM242 for Hamburg.
See also
- List of Napoleonic battles
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Bodart 1908, p. 483.
- ^ Hulot 2003, p. 265.
- ^ a b Hourtoulle 1975, p. 407.
- ^ Smith 1998, p. 582.
References
- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- Hulot, Frédéric (2003). Le Maréchal Davout. Pygmalion.
- Hourtoulle, François-Guy (1975). Davout le Terrible : duc d'Auerstaedt, prince d'Eckmhül, le meilleur lieutenant de Napoléon, colonel-général des grenadiers, 1770-1823. Paris: Maloine.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book : Actions and Losses in Personnel, Colours, Standards and Artillery, 1792-1815. London: Greenhill.
Further reading
- Klöffler, Martin (1908). Hamburg 1813-14 - Bewährungsprobe einer provisorischen Festung (PDF) (in German). Niedersen, Uwe. pp. 406–425. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
External links
- Media related to Siege of Hamburg at Wikimedia Commons