Misplaced Pages

Siege of Graudenz

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
1807 siege during the War of the Fourth Coalition

Siege of Graudenz
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition

Map of the siege of Graudenz in 1807
Date22 January – 11 December 1807
LocationGraudenz, Prussian Partition of Poland (now Grudziądz, Poland)53°29′33″N 18°46′34″E / 53.49250°N 18.77611°E / 53.49250; 18.77611
Result Prussian victory
Belligerents

First French Empire French Empire

 Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire Marie François Rouyer
First French Empire Claude Victor-Perrin
Grand Duchy of Hesse Johann Georg Schäffer von Bernstein
Electorate of Saxony Georg Friedrich August von Polenz		 Kingdom of Prussia Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière
Strength
Variable
7,000		 4,500–5,709 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown 761 dead
88 captured
53 missing
826 deserted
War of the Fourth Coalition
Prussian campaign
Greater Poland uprising
Pomeranian campaign
Polish campaign
Other battles
War of the Fourth Coalition About OpenStreetMapsMaps: terms of use 200km
125miles Friedland27Battle of Friedland on 14 June 1807 26Battle of Heilsberg on 10 June 1807 25Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen from 5 to 6 June 1807 24Great Sortie of Stralsund from 1 to 3 April 1807 23Siege of Danzig (1807) from 19 March to 24 May 1807 22Siege of Kolberg (1807) from 20 March to 2 July 1807 21Battle of Ostrołęka (1807) on 16 February 1807 Eylau20Battle of Eylau from 7 to 8 February 1807 19Battle of Allenstein on 3 February 1807 18Battle of Mohrungen on 25 January 1807 17 16Battle of Pułtusk (1806) on 26 December 1806 15Battle of Golymin on 26 December 1806 14Battle of Czarnowo on 23 December 1806 13Siege of Hamelin from 7 to 22 November 1806 12Battle of Lübeck on 6 November 1806 11Battle of Waren-Nossentin on 1 November 1806 10Capitulation of Stettin from 29 to 30 October 1806 9Capitulation of Pasewalk on 29 October 1806 8Battle of Prenzlau on 28 October 1806 Berlin7Fall of Berlin (1806) on 27 October 1806 6Siege of Magdeburg (1806) from 25 October to 8 November 1806 5Battle of Halle on 17 October 1806 4Capitulation of Erfurt on 16 October 1806 Jena–Auerstedt3Battle of Jena–Auerstedt on 14 October 1806 2Battle of Saalfeld on 10 October 1806 1Battle of Schleiz on 9 October 1806  ⬤ current battle⬤ Napoleon not in command⬤ Napoleon in command

The siege of Graudenz or siege of Grudziądz was a siege during the Napoleonic Wars between 22 January and 11 December, 1807. As part of the War of the Fourth Coalition the Prussian fortress at Graudenz in West Prussia in the Prussian Partition of Poland (now Grudziądz, Poland) was besieged by forces of the French Empire and its allies. The garrison, commanded by General Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière, withheld blockade and siege for some 11 months, long past the formal Peace of Tilsit. The French abandoned the siege after the borders between Prussia and the new Duchy of Warsaw were defined; Graudenz/Grudziądz staying a Prussian possession until Poland regained independence after World War I.

The Polish 2nd, 4th and 7th Infantry Regiments took part in the battle on the side of Napoleon.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bodart 1908, p. 385.
  2. ^ Fischer 1907, p. 54.
  3. Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. pp. 53–55.

References

External links

Stub icon

This article about a battle of the Napoleonic Wars is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: