Battle of L�tzen (1813)

Battle of L�tzen
Date of battle	May 2, 1813
Conflict	Napoleonic Empire Wars
Site of battle	Near L�tzen[?], 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 Bl�cher[?]
Strength	73,000 troops
Result	French repulsed the pursuing army
Casualties	(1): 22,000 (2): 20,000

This Battle of L�tzen 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 L�tzen 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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