Battle of Leipzig

Name: Battle of Leipzig
Start: 1813
Location: Leipzig, Saxony

1813 · Leipzig, Saxony · Europe · War

Europe's largest battle before the First World War

On 16–19 October 1813 the armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden, over 300,000 strong, defeated Napoleon at Leipzig. The French fell back across the Rhine, the Confederation of the Rhine fell apart and the allies carried the war into France.

State: Kingdom of Saxony

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