Siege of Magdeburg (1806)
Siege of Magdeburg | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition | |||||||
Capitulation of Magdeburg, 8 November 1806 by Théophile-Auguste Vauchelet, 1837 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Michel Ney | Franz von Kleist | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
16,000[1][2]-25,000 men[3] |
24,000[1][3]-25,000 men[2] 700 artillery pieces[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
light[4] |
entire garrison[2] and 20 generals P.o.W.[3] 54 flags, 700 artillery captured[3] |
The siege of Magdeburg (French: Siège de Magdebourg) took place from 25 October to 8 November 1806 during the War of the Fourth Coalition. A French force, initially under the command of Marshal Joachim Murat, then a French army Corps under the command of Marshal Michel Ney laid siege and eventually obtained the surrender of Franz Kasimir von Kleist's Prussian force that had taken refuge in Magdeburg,[2] Prussia's second city.[3]
Siege
After the twin
prisoners of war.[2]
Notes
References
- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905) (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- Pigeard, Alain (2004). Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon (in French). Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne. ISBN 2-84734-073-4.
- Tulard, Jean (1999). Dictionnaire Napoléon (in French). Vol. II. Librairie Artème Fayard. ISBN 2-213-60485-1.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1853672767.
External links
- Media related to Siege of Magdeburg (1806) at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by Battle of Halle |
Napoleonic Wars Siege of Magdeburg (1806) |
Succeeded by Battle of Prenzlau |