Battle of Saalfeld

Battle of Saalfeld
	Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
	; The death of Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, by Peter Edward Stroehling
Date	10 October 1806
Location	Saalfeld, Germany50°39′00″N 11°22′01″E / 50.6500°N 11.3669°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Prussia ; Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Jean Lannes; Claude Victor-Perrin; Louis Gabriel Suchet; Pierre Augereau	Prince Louis Ferdinand †
Strength
12,000–12,800 men; 12 guns	8,300–9,000; 44 guns
Casualties and losses
172–200 killed or wounded	900 killed or wounded; 1,800 captured; 33 guns (15 Prussian, 18 Saxon)

170km
106miles

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The Battle of Saalfeld took place on 10 October 1806, at which a French force of 12,800 men commanded by Marshal Jean Lannes defeated a Prussian-Saxon force of 8,300 men under Prince Louis Ferdinand. The battle took place in Thuringia in what was the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The battle was the second clash in the Prussian Campaign of the War of the Fourth Coalition.