Battle of Lützen (1813)

Battle of Lützen
Date of battle	May 2, 1813
Conflict	Napoleonic Empire Wars
Site of battle	Near Lützen[?], southwest of Leipzig, Germany
Combatant 1	France
Commanders	Napoleon I of France General Jacques Lauriston[?] Michel Ney Nicolas Oudinot[?] Auguste Marmont[?]
Strength	120,000 troops, no cavalry
Combatant 2	Prussia, Russia
Commanders	Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg[?], Gebhard von Blücher[?]
Strength	73,000 troops
Result	French repulsed the pursuing army
Casualties	(1): 22,000 (2): 20,000

This Battle of Lützen happened as Napoleon's army was on the way home from its Russian disaster. On May 2, 1813, Wittgenstein attacked Napoleon's advanced column near Lützen to undo Napoleon's capture of Leipzig. After a day of heavy fighting, the combined Prussian and Russian force retreated, but without cavalry the French were unable to follow their defeated enemy.

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