Battle of Bautzen (1813)

Battle of Bautzen
	Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
	; Napoleon on white horse surrounded by his officers, receives a messenger.
Date	20–21 May 1813
Location	Bautzen, Kingdom of Saxony51°11′00″N 14°25′00″E / 51.1833°N 14.4167°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
France	Russia; Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon; Michel Ney; Jean-de-Dieu Soult; Auguste de Marmont; Édouard Mortier; Henri Gatien Bertrand; Jacques MacDonald; Pierre Augereau; Nicolas Oudinot; Géraud Duroc; Horace Sébastiani; Jacques Lauriston;	Peter Wittgenstein; Alexander I; Barclay de Tolly; Mikhail Miloradovich; Grand Duke Konstantin; Levin August von Bennigsen; Gebhard von Blücher; Frederick William III; Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg; Friedrich von Kleist;
Strength
100,000–200,000	96,000–97,000
Casualties and losses
20,000–25,000	11,000–20,000
	Location within Europe

War of the Sixth Coalition:
German campaign

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In the Battle of Bautzen (20–21 May 1813), a combined Prusso-Russian army, retreating after their defeat at Lützen and massively outnumbered, was pushed back by Napoleon but escaped destruction. Some sources claim that Marshal Michel Ney failed to block their retreat. The Prussians were led by General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and the Russians by General Peter Wittgenstein.