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{{Short description|1807 Siege during the War of the Fourth Coalition}} | |||
{{Other uses|Battle of Kolberg (disambiguation){{!}}Battle of Kolberg}} | {{Other uses|Battle of Kolberg (disambiguation){{!}}Battle of Kolberg}} | ||
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| name = Battle of Kolberg (1807) | |||
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| caption = Former battle memorial with statues of ] and ] in Kolberg | |||
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| caption = Former battle memorial with statues of ] and ] in Kolberg | |||
| place = Kolberg(]), ] ] | |||
| date = 20 March – 2 July 1807{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=384}} | |||
| result = Inconclusive, siege lifted by peace treaty | |||
| place = Kolberg (]), ] ] | |||
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:{{flagicon image|Flag of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.svg}}]<ref name=NW>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.de/books?id=ZZypH9jamc8C&pg=PA15&dq=Kolberg+1807+w%C3%BCrttemberg&hl=de&ei=R45iTPu2MI_LOLK3wL4M&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Kolberg%20&f=false|title=Süddeutschland in den Revolutions- und napoleonischen Kriegen|first1=Nadine|last1=Wörner|year=2004|isbn=978-3-640-28651-5|page=15|language=German}}</ref> | |||
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The '''Siege of Kolberg''', also known as siege of '''Colberg''' ({{lang-pl|Kołobrzeg}})<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.de/books?id=9Tbed6iMNLEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=god's+playground&hl=de&ei=_maETZDqGY3usgaw25CzAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=colberg&f=false | |||
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|first1=Corey|last1=Ross|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2008|isbn=|page=377|language=}}</ref><ref>Between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander: The Polish Question at Tilsit, 1807 Zawadzki, Hubert,Central Europe, Volume 7, Number 2, November 2009 , pp. 110-124</ref> took place from March to 2 July 1807 during the ], part of the ]. An army of the ] and its client states besieged the ] fortified town of ], the only remaining Prussian-held fortress in the ]. The siege was not successful and was lifted upon the announcement of the ]. | |||
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After ] lost the ] in late 1806, ] troops marched north into Prussian Pomerania. Fortified ] (now Szczecin) surrendered without battle, and the province became occupied by the French forces. Kolberg resisted, and the implementation of a French siege was delayed until March 1807 by the ] of ] operating around the fortress and capturing the assigned French commander of the siege, ]. During these months, the military commander of Kolberg, Lucadou, and the representative of the local ], Nettelbeck, prepared the fortress's defensive structures. | |||
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The French forces commanded by Teuliè, composed primarily of troops from ], succeeded in encircling Kolberg by mid-March. ] put the siege force under the command of ], ] entrusted ] with the defense. In early April, the siege forces were for a short time commanded by ], who had marched a large force from ] to Kolberg but was ordered to return when Stralsund's defendants gained ground. At the end of April the siege army was reinforced by Polish troops, other reinforcements came from states of the ] (], Saxon duchies and the ]), the ], and France. | |||
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With the western surroundings of Kolberg flooded by the defendants, fighting concentrated on the eastern forefield of the fortress, where Wolfsberg sconce had been constructed on Lucadou's behalf. Aiding the defense from the nearby ] were a British and a ] vessel. By late June, Napoleon massively reinforced the siege forces to bring about a decision. The siege force then also concentrated on taking the port north of the town. On 2 July, fighting ceased when Prussia had agreed on an unfavourable peace after her ally ] suffered a decisive defeat ]. Of the twenty Prussian fortresses, Kolberg was one of the few remaining in Prussian hands until the war's end. | |||
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| mark-title6 = ] from 25 October to 8 November 1806 | |||
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The '''siege of Kolberg''' (also spelled '''Colberg''' or '''Kołobrzeg'''){{sfn|Davies|2006|p=393}}{{sfn|Ross|2008|p=377}}{{sfn|Zawadzki|2009|pp=110-124}}{{sfn|Horward|1986|p=639}} took place from March to 2 July 1807 during the ], part of the ]. An army of the ] and several foreign auxiliaries (including Polish insurgents) of France besieged the fortified town of ], the only remaining ]-held ] in the ]. The siege was not successful and was lifted upon the announcement of the ]. | |||
After ] lost the ] in late 1806, ] troops marched north into Prussian Pomerania. Fortified Stettin (]) surrendered without battle, and the province became occupied by the French forces. Kolberg resisted, and the implementation of a French siege was delayed until March 1807 by the ] of ] operating around the fortress and capturing the assigned French commander of the siege, ]. During these months, the military commander of Kolberg, Lucadou, and the representative of the local ], Nettelbeck, prepared the fortress's defensive structures. | |||
The French forces commanded by ], composed primarily of troops from ], succeeded in encircling Kolberg by mid-March. ] put the siege force under the command of ]; ] entrusted ] with the defense. In early April, the siege forces were for a short time commanded by ], who had marched a large force from ] to Kolberg but was ordered to return when Stralsund's defenders gained ground. Other reinforcements came from states of the ] (], Saxon duchies and the ]), the ], and France. | |||
With the western surroundings of Kolberg flooded by the defenders, fighting concentrated on the eastern forefield of the fortress, where Wolfsberg sconce had been constructed on Lucadou's behalf. Aiding the defense from the nearby ] were a British and a ] vessel. By late June, Napoleon massively reinforced the siege forces to bring about a decision. The siege force then also concentrated on taking the port north of the town. On 2 July, fighting ceased when Prussia had agreed on an unfavourable peace after her ally ] suffered a decisive defeat ]. Of the twenty Prussian fortresses, Kolberg was one of the few remaining in Prussian hands until the war's end. The battle became a myth in Prussia and was later used by ] efforts. While prior to World War II the city commemorated the defendants, it started to honor the commander of the Polish troops after 1945, when the city became part of a Polish state. | |||
==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
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Within two weeks after the ] (14 October 1806), |
Within two weeks after the ] (14 October 1806),{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=59}} ]'s ] had pursued the defeated ] ] in ].{{sfn|Jessen|2009|p=50}} The provincial capital ] (now Szczecin), one of twenty Prussian fortresses,{{sfn|Jessen|2009|p=46}} ]{{sfn|Jessen|2009|p=48}} the province's only fortress remaining in Prussian hands.{{sfn|Buchholz|1999|p=360}} ] was appointed French governor of Pomerania and sent his envoy Mestram to accept Kolberg's expected capitulation and take control of it.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=60}} | ||
On 8 November 1806, Mestram met with the Prussian commander of Kolberg ] (Ludwig Moritz von Lucadou) before its walls. |
On 8 November 1806, Mestram met with the Prussian commander of Kolberg ] (Ludwig Moritz von Lucadou) before its walls.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=60}} Lucadou's refusal to hand over the fortress came as a surprise to the French generals and the Prussian administration in Stettin, who had already pledged allegiance to the French; it further led part of the defeated Prussian army to take refuge in Kolberg and reinforce the two ] battalions of the von Owstien and von Borcke regiments and the 72 guns garrisoned there.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=60}} Lucadou ordered the ] (Parseta) river west of Kolberg to be dammed up to flood the area around the fortress, and arranged the construction of Wolfsberg ] east of the town.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=60}} Coordination of these measures with ], representative of the Kolberg citizens, was however impaired by the latter's personal grievances against Lucadou.{{sfn|Jessen|2009|p=50}}{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=60}} | ||
Among the Prussian soldiers who had retreated to Kolberg after Jena and Auerstedt was secondelieutenant ], who after his recovery from a severe head injury in the house of Kolberg senator Westphal was ordered to patrol the areas west of the fortress with a small cavalry unit. |
Among the Prussian soldiers who had retreated to Kolberg after Jena and Auerstedt was secondelieutenant ], who after his recovery from a severe head injury in the house of Kolberg senator Westphal was ordered to patrol the areas west of the fortress with a small cavalry unit.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=60}} Supplied with information about French movements by local peasants, he succeeded in capturing a number of French officers and soldiers, gathering food and financial supplies in neighboring towns and villages, and recruiting volunteers to his unit from inside and outside Kolberg.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=60}} | ||
Schill's victory in the ] (7 December 1806<ref>{{Cite book|first=Martin|last=Rink|chapter=Patriot und Partisan. Ferdinand von Schill als Freikorpskämpfer neuen Typs|editor-first=Veit|editor-last=Veltzke|publisher=Böhlau|location=Köln/Weimar|year=2009|isbn= |
Schill's victory in the ] (7 December 1806<ref>{{Cite book |first=Martin |last=Rink |chapter=Patriot und Partisan. Ferdinand von Schill als Freikorpskämpfer neuen Typs |editor-first=Veit |editor-last=Veltzke |publisher=Böhlau |location=Köln/Weimar |year=2009 |isbn=978-3-412-20340-5 |pages=65–106; p. 78 |title=Für die Freiheit, gegen Napoleon: Ferdinand von Schill, Preussen und die deutsche Nation}}</ref>), though insignificant from a military point of view, was widely noted as the first Prussian success against the French army - while Prussian king ] praised Schill as the "kind of man now valued by the fatherland", Napoleon referred to him as a "miserable kind of brigand". {{lang|fr|"ce miserable, qui est une espèce de brigand"}}{{sfn|Jessen|2009|p=56}} As a consequence of these successes and Schill's increasing fame, Prussian king ] ordered him to establish a ] on 12 January 1807,{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=60}} which in the following months defended the fortress against French attacks allowing its defenders to complete their preparations for the expected siege with ] and British support via the Baltic.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}} | ||
Time for preparation was needed since Kolberg lacked sufficient defensive structures, manpower and armament to withstand a siege. The defensive works of the fortress had been neglected, only the port and Kirchhof sconce had been prepared for defense when Prussia feared war with Russia and Sweden in 1805 and 1806, but they had been disarmed in September.<ref name=Hoepfner449>{{Cite book|title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II|volume=4|edition=2|first=Eduard|last=Höpfner|year=1855|page=449}}</ref> By early December 1806, the Kolberg |
Time for preparation was needed since Kolberg lacked sufficient defensive structures, manpower and armament to withstand a siege. The defensive works of the fortress had been neglected, only the port and Kirchhof sconce had been prepared for defense when Prussia feared war with Russia and Sweden in 1805 and 1806, but they had been disarmed in September.<ref name=Hoepfner449>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=449}}</ref> By early December 1806, the Kolberg garrison numbered 1,576 men,<ref name=Hoepfner455>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=455}}</ref> but increased steadily during the next months due to the arrival of Prussian troops and new recruits from nearby areas.<ref name=Hoepfner456>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=456}}</ref> Armament shortages were in part relieved by ], who sent rifle components from which local gunsmiths made 2,000 new rifles.<ref name=Hoepfner457>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=457}}</ref> As of late October 1806, a total of 72 guns were mounted on Kolberg's walls:<ref name=Hoepfner449/> 58 metal/iron cannons (8x 24 lb, 4x 20 lb, 40x 12 lb, 6x 6 lb), six iron ]s (10 lb) and eight iron ]s (5x 50 lb, 3x 25 lb); in addition, there were four mobile 3-pounder cannons.<ref name=Hoepfner450>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=450}}</ref> While a convoy with artillery reinforcements was held up and captured by French forces near Stettin,<ref name=Hoepfner450/> twelve 12-pounder cannons reached Kolberg from the Prussian fortress of Danzig and the Swedish fortress of Stralsund, who each sent six guns.<ref name=Hoepfner454>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=454}}</ref> Since no further artillery reinforcements came in, the Kolberg garrison mounted an additional 92 guns on the walls which previously had been deemed unusable and withdrawn from service; these guns were positioned at the flanks at it was speculated that they might still serve to fire rocks and ]s at short distances.<ref name=Hoepfner454/> Six guns captured by Schill's freikorps were also sent to Kolberg.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |pages=479–480}}</ref> | ||
], whom ] had entrusted with taking Kolberg, was captured by Schill's forces in ] (12 January<ref>{{Cite book|title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II|volume=4|edition=2|first=Eduard|last=Höpfner|year=1855|page=480}}</ref>), detained in Kolberg and later exchanged against Prussian general ]. |
], whom ] had entrusted with taking Kolberg, was captured by Schill's forces in ] (12 January<ref>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=480}}</ref>), detained in Kolberg and later exchanged against Prussian general ].{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}} With Victor-Perrin captured, the attack on Kolberg was to be led by ]'s Italian division, who in February began the march on the fortress from Stettin.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}} Schill's freikorps further delayed the French advance by provoking several skirmishes and battles, the largest of which took place near Naugard (]).{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}} Teulié reached the Kolberg area by early March, and by the mid of the month (14 March<ref>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |pages=532–533}}</ref>) had cleared the surrounding villages of Schill's forces and encircled the fortress.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}} | ||
==Siege== | ==Siege== | ||
===Mid-March to April=== | ===Mid-March to April=== | ||
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When the French encirclement of Kolberg rendered Schill's strategy moot, Lucadou sent three cavalry units to aid the Krockow freikorps in the ], while Schill departed to aid in the ] in ]. |
When the French encirclement of Kolberg rendered Schill's strategy moot, Lucadou sent three cavalry units to aid the Krockow freikorps in the ], while Schill departed to aid in the ] in ].{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}} The suburbs, most notably Geldernerviertel, were burned down as it was customary.{{sfn|Jessen|2009|p=50}} | ||
Because of the delay in the French advance, Napoleon replaced Teulié as the commander of the siege forces with division general ]; Frederick William III replaced Lucadou as the commander of the fortress with major ] |
Because of the delay in the French advance, Napoleon replaced Teulié as the commander of the siege forces with division general ]; Frederick William III replaced Lucadou as the commander of the fortress with major ]{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}} after complaints by Nettelbeck{{sfn|Jessen|2009|p=50}} and out of considerations for an envisioned British landfall at Kolberg - he feared that a French-born commander might irritate his British supporters, while on the other hand Gneisenau had been in British service during the ].{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} | ||
In April, Napoleon withdrew the forces of ] from the siege of Stralsund and sent them to take Kolberg, however, Mortier soon had to return when the |
In April, Napoleon withdrew the forces of ] from the siege of Stralsund and sent them to take Kolberg, however, Mortier soon had to return when the defenders of Stralsund pushed the remaining French troops out of ].{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} | ||
The French siege army was reinforced by troops from ] and Saxon states |
The French siege army was reinforced by troops from ] and Saxon states{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}} (],{{sfn|Lilienstern|2008}} ],{{sfn|Erkenbrecher|1998|p=15}} ],{{sfn|Burgdorf|2006|p=58}} ],{{sfn|Lilienstern|2008}} and ],{{sfn|Lilienstern|2008}}) as well as a ] regiment.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=61}}<ref>William Fiddian Reddaway, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130053456/https://books.google.com/books?id=As43AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA228&dq=Siege+of+Kolberg+polish+troops&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Siege%20of%20Kolberg%20polish%20troops&f=false |date=30 November 2022 }}, Cambridge University Press, 1971, pg. 228</ref> The Saxon and Württemberg regiments were part of the army of the ], which - like the ], whose troops were already present at the siege – was a French client. The Polish regiment, led by ], with a strength of 1,200 had been transferred from the ] (Gdańsk) on 11 April and arrived on 20 April; it was the 1st infantry regiment of the Poznań legion raised by ] on Napoleon's behalf,<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Poles and Saxons during the Napoleonic Wars |series=Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series |first1=George F. |last1=Nafziger |first2=Mariusz T. |last2=Wesolowski |first3=Tom |last3=Devoe |year=1991 |isbn=0-9626655-2-5 |pages=3–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhEiAQAAIAAJ&q=%22napoleon+directed+him%22}}</ref> after a ]<ref name="Pkroczynski"/><ref>Historia Gdańska Edmund Cieślak Tom 3-page 115, Wydawnictwo Morskie 1993</ref><ref>''My z Napoleonem'' Andrzej Nieuważny Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 1999, page 35</ref> and French liberation of Prussian controlled Poland had resulted in the creation of Duchy of Warsaw in part of ].<ref>{{Cite book |title=A history of Eastern Europe |url=https://archive.org/details/historyeasterneu00bide |url-access=limited |first1=Robert |last1=Bideleux |first2=Ian |last2=Jeffries |edition=2 |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-415-36627-4 |page=|publisher=Routledge }}<br/>{{harv|Davies|2005|p=218}}<br/>{{Cite book |title=Napoleon and the transformation of Europe |series=European history in perspective |first=Alexander I. |last=Grab |year=2003 |isbn=0-333-68274-2 |page=179}}: "Shortly after his victories over Prussia, Napoleon invaded Prussian Poland. The emperor invited Dabrowski and Wybicki to appeal to the Polish people to revolt but made no commitment to support Polish independence. Wybicki and Dabrowski called on their countrymen to rise up. Many Poles supported the proclamation and welcomed the French. An insurrection quickly liberated western Poland from Prussian rule. In early November 1806, Marshal Davout seized Poznan and soon Dabrowski entered the city. He ordered conscription and assembled an army of 30,000 men. On 2 January 1807, Napoleon triumphantly entered Warsaw. Aware of the enormous power of the Polish nobility, Napoleon intended to acquire its support rather than rely solely on the masses. Indeed, rallying the Polish nobility around his rule was a major characteristic of the Napoleonic government in Poland. For the time being, the Emperor delayed his decision on the establishment of a Polish state. He did set up a provisional government, however, to organize the war effort and run the Polish areas conquered from Prussia."<br/>{{Cite book |title=The Poles and Saxons during the Napoleonic Wars |url=https://archive.org/details/polessaxonsnapol00nafz_109 |url-access=limited |series=Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series |first1=George F. |last1=Nafziger |first2=Mariusz T. |last2=Wesolowski |first3=Tom |last3=Devoe |year=1991 |isbn=0-9626655-2-5 |pages=–4, 6}}: " After western Poland was liberated from Prussian rule in 1806, General Dombrowski was recalled from Italian service and directed to establish the new Polish army. He began on 16 November 1806. On 29 November, Napoleon directed him to form eight regiments of infantry, each with two bataillons. Four were to be raised in Posen, four in Kalisz. The Posen (Dombrowski) legion. Regiment 1st Colonel A. Sulkowski Major S. Jakubowski"</ref> | ||
===May to June=== | ===May to June=== | ||
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Throughout May and June, the siege was characterized by heavy fighting around Wolfsberg sconce east of Kolberg. |
Throughout May and June, the siege was characterized by heavy fighting around Wolfsberg sconce east of Kolberg.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} | ||
In early May, the siege forces numbered circa 8,000 troops.<ref>''Działania militarne na Pomorzu'' Wiesław Wróblewski, Akademia Obrony Narodowej. Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny, Poland. Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej. Departament Systemu Obronnego |
In early May, the siege forces numbered circa 8,000 troops.<ref>''Działania militarne na Pomorzu'' Wiesław Wróblewski, Akademia Obrony Narodowej. Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny, Poland. Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej. Departament Systemu Obronnego – 2001, page 161</ref><ref name=Hoepfner592>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=592}}</ref> The siege force's blockade corps was since 4 May divided into four brigades:<ref name=Hoepfner593>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=593}}</ref> | ||
*the first brigade was commanded by Berndes and included one Polish regiment<ref name=Pfister349>{{Cite book|title=Denkwürdigkeiten aus der württembergischen Kriegsgeschichte des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts|first=Albert|last=Pfister|year=1868|page=349}}</ref> |
*the first brigade was commanded by Berndes and included one Polish regiment<ref name=Pfister349>{{Cite book |title=Denkwürdigkeiten aus der württembergischen Kriegsgeschichte des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts |first=Albert |last=Pfister |year=1868 |page=349}}</ref> under ]. Sulkowski in his diaries wrote that Polish soldiers were highly excited about the prospect of taking the city, as it was once part of Poland during the ]. He wrote "our soldiers burn with the enthusiasm to move our borders to the pillars of Bolesław", and noted that the chaplain of the Polish soldiers Ignacy Przybylski called upon them ''Polish soldiers. We are camped under Kołobrzeg. Since the time of Chrobry our regiment formed in Poznan and Gniezno Voivodeships is the first to show its banners here''.<ref>''Napis. Tom poświęcony literaturze użytkowej i okolicznościowej'' Janusz Maciejewski Latona, 2005 pages 159-160</ref> The brigade also included Württemberg regiments (Seckendorff, Romig);<ref name=Pfister349/> | ||
*the second brigade was commanded by ] and included the 1st Italian line infantry regiment (Valleriani<ref name="Hoepfner592" />) and the infantry regiment ]<ref name=Pfister349/> (Egloffstein);<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> | *the second brigade was commanded by ] and included the 1st Italian line infantry regiment (Valleriani<ref name="Hoepfner592" />) and the infantry regiment ]<ref name=Pfister349/> (Egloffstein);<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> | ||
*the third brigade was commanded by Castaldini and included the 2nd Italian light regiment;<ref name=Pfister349/> |
*the third brigade was commanded by Castaldini and included the 2nd Italian light regiment;<ref name=Pfister349/> | ||
*the fourth brigade was commanded by general Bonfanti and included the 1st Italian light regiment<ref name=Pfister349/> (Rougier).<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> | *the fourth brigade was commanded by general Bonfanti and included the 1st Italian light regiment<ref name=Pfister349/> (Rougier).<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> | ||
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The remaining forces, except for the ]s, were entrusted with the defense of other sconces in the vicinity of Kolberg.<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> The headquarters of the siege force was in ] (now Stramnica), where also the grenadiers were concentrated.<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> The artillery, under command of general Mossel, was concentrated near ] (now Czernin), and defended by a Saxon detachment stationed in ] (now Dygowo).<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> The construction of the siege works, in part carried out by locals recruited for that purpose, was since 5 May supervised by brigade general Chambarlhiac of the 8th corps on Napoleon's behalf.<ref name=Hoepfner594>{{Cite book|title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II|volume=4|edition=2|first=Eduard|last=Höpfner|year=1855|page=594}}</ref> | |||
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The remaining forces, except for the ]s, were entrusted with the defense of other sconces in the vicinity of Kolberg.<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> The headquarters of the siege force was in ] (now Stramnica), where the grenadiers were concentrated.<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> The artillery, under command of general Mossel, was concentrated near ] (now Czernin), and defended by a Saxon detachment stationed in ] (now Dygowo).<ref name="Hoepfner592" /> The construction of the siege works, was since 5 May supervised by brigade general Chambarlhiac of the 8th corps on Napoleon's behalf.<ref name=Hoepfner594>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=594}}</ref> | |||
*one ] battallion with 850 men, commanded by ],<ref name=Hoepfner579/> vice commander of the fortress;<ref name=Kroczyhski62/> | |||
Schill returned to the town in early May, but left for Stralsund again after discord with Gneisenau, taking most of his freikorps with him{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} (primarily the cavalry units).<ref name=Hoepfner579>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=579}}</ref> After Schill's departure, the defenders numbered about 6,000 men{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=252}}<ref name=Hoepfner580>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=580}}</ref> and consisted of | |||
*one ] battallion with 750 men, commanded by Möller;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | |||
*one ] battalion with 850 men, commanded by ],<ref name=Hoepfner579/> vice commander of the fortress;{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} | |||
*the 2nd Pomeranian reserve battallion with 540 men;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | |||
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*one ] battalion with 750 men, commanded by Möller;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | ||
*the |
*the 2nd Pomeranian reserve battalion with 540 men;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | ||
*the 3rd |
*the 3rd Neumark reserve battalion with 420 men;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | ||
*the 3rd ] battalion von Owstien with 800 men;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | |||
*the 3rd ] battalion von Borcke with 800 men;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | |||
*of Schill's freikorps, five infantry companies with 750 men<ref name=Hoepfner579/> and one cavalry squadron with 113 men,<ref name=Hoepfner580/> commanded by Count Wedell;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | *of Schill's freikorps, five infantry companies with 750 men<ref name=Hoepfner579/> and one cavalry squadron with 113 men,<ref name=Hoepfner580/> commanded by Count Wedell;<ref name=Hoepfner579/> | ||
*two ] companies (Dobrowolski and Otto) with 300 men, later commanded by Arenstorf;<ref name=Hoepfner580/> | *two ] companies (Dobrowolski and Otto) with 300 men, later commanded by Arenstorf;<ref name=Hoepfner580/> | ||
*110 ] from the depot of the von Balliodz regiment;<ref name=Hoepfner580/> | *110 ] from the depot of the von Balliodz regiment;<ref name=Hoepfner580/> | ||
*400 artillerists.<ref name=Hoepfner580/> |
*400 artillerists.<ref name=Hoepfner580/> | ||
On 7 May, in a French reconnaissance attack, troops from the 1st Italian line infantry as well as the Polish, Württemberg and Saxon regiments assaulted Wolfsberg sconce.<ref name="Pkroczynski"/> During the fight, a Polish unit repelled a charge of 600 Prussian cavalry.<ref name="Pkroczynski"/> In another attack |
On 7 May, in a French reconnaissance attack, troops from the 1st Italian line infantry as well as the Polish, Württemberg and Saxon regiments assaulted Wolfsberg sconce.<ref name="Pkroczynski"/> During the fight, a Polish unit repelled a charge from the cavalry squadron of Schill's Freikorps (113 troopers).<ref name=Hoepfner596>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=596}}</ref> General Loison in a report to Marshal Berthier on 8 May stated that the Poles had stopped a charge of 600 Prussian cavalry in that action.<ref name="Pkroczynski"/> In another attack, launched during the night of 17/18 May, siege force troops managed to take part of Wolfsberg sconce, but had to retreat when in the resulting chaos, Württemberg troops shot at Italian units. The Prussian forces launched a counter-attack and drove them from the sconce once again.<ref name="Pkroczynski"/> After this, the French general lost confidence in Wurttemberg troops and removed them from the battlefield.<ref name="Pkroczynski"/> Polish troops were extensively used, and according to Louis Loison, showed exceptional determination in the attacks on Wolfsberg sconce.<ref name="Pkroczynski">Przemysław Kroczyński, "Udział Polaków w oblężeniu Kołobrzegu w 1807 roku w świetle akt znajdujących się w Archives Historiąues de V Armee de Terre w Paryżu", "Koszalińskie Zeszyty Muzealne", t. 12, 1982, page 75-84</ref> | ||
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On 20 May,<ref name=Hoepfner581>{{Cite book|title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II|volume=4|edition=2|first=Eduard|last=Höpfner|year=1855|page=581}}</ref> an arms replenishment for the |
On 20 May,<ref name=Hoepfner581>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=581}}</ref> an arms replenishment for the defenders arrived by sea from ], containing inter alia 10,000 rifles, 6,000 sabres and ammunition.<ref name=Hoepfner580/> Some of those supplies, including 6,000 rifles, were however redirected to the ].<ref name=Hoepfner581/> | ||
On 30 May, Napoleon ordered the redeployment of ]'s division to enable it to reach Kolberg on demand within 36 hours, one regiment of the division was ordered to reinforce the siege forces.<ref name=Hoepfner634>{{Cite book|title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II|volume=4|first=Eduard|last=Höpfner|year=1851|page=634}}</ref> | On 30 May, Napoleon ordered the redeployment of ]'s division to enable it to reach Kolberg on demand within 36 hours, one regiment of the division was ordered to reinforce the siege forces.<ref name=Hoepfner634>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1851 |page=634}}</ref> | ||
Wolfsberg sconce, overrun by the French army on 17 May but recovered by the defenders the next day, capitulated on 11 June.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kamptz |first=W. |chapter=Versuch zur Aufstellung der Grundsätze, nach welcher der Bedarf an Sandsäcken zur Vertheidigung einer Festung berechnet werden kann |editor=Otto |title=Archiv für die Offiziere der Königlich Preußischen Artillerie- und Ingenieur-Corps |volume=48 Archiv für die Offiziere der Königlich Preußischen Artillerie- und Ingenieur-Corps |year=1860 |pages=187–209; p. 208|display-editors=etal}}</ref> Among others, Waldenfels was killed at the Wolfsberg sconce.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} Also, Teulié was lethally injured when a cannonball hit his leg—according to the French ''Biographie universelle'', he died five days later, on 12 May, and his death caused the parties to agree on a 24-hour truce in his honor;<ref>" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018125612/http://fr.wikisource.org/Page:Michaud_-_Biographie_universelle_ancienne_et_moderne_-_1843_-_Tome_41.djvu/209 |date=18 October 2020 }}" in Michaud (ed) (1843): ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', vol. 41, p. 209.</ref> according to Höpfner's ''History of the Prussian Army'' however, Teuliè was hit when a 24-hour truce on 11/12 June was concluded after the capitulation of the Wolfsberg sconce, but not observed;<ref name=Hoepfner621>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1851 |page=621}}</ref> and according to the Italian ''Biografie di Pietro Teulie'' however, the cannonball hit Teuliè after 13 June, and five to six days later, he died in Loison's arms in the nearby village of Tramm.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Maggiore |last=Jacopetti |title=Biografie di Achille Fontanelli, di Francesco Teodoro Arese e di Pietro Teuliè |year=1845 |pages=93–94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NMk5AAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA93}}</ref> | |||
Wolfsberg sconce, overrun by the French army on 17 May but recovered by the defendants the next day, capitulated on 11 June.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kamptz|first=W.|chapter=Versuch zur Aufstellung der Grundsätze, nach welcher der Bedarf an Sandsäcken zur Vertheidigung einer Festung berechnet werden kann|editor=Otto et al|title=Archiv für die Offiziere der Königlich Preußischen Artillerie- und Ingenieur-Corps|volume=48 | |||
Archiv für die Offiziere der Königlich Preußischen Artillerie- und Ingenieur-Corps|year=1860|pages=187-209; p. 208}}</ref> Among others, Waldenfels was killed at the Wolfsberg sconce.<ref name=Kroczyhski62/> Also, Teulié was lethally injured when a cannonball hit his leg - according to the French ''Biographie universelle'', he died five days later, on 12 May, and his death caused the parties to agree on a 24-hour truce in his honor;<ref>"" in Michaud (ed) (1843): ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', vol. 41, p. 209.</ref> according to Höpfner's ''History of the Prussian Army'' however, Teuliè was hit when a 24-hour truce on 11/12 June was concluded after the capitulation of the Wolfsberg sconce, but not observed;<ref name=Hoepfner621>{{Cite book|title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II|volume=4|first=Eduard|last=Höpfner|year=1851|page=621}}</ref> and according to the Italian ''Biografie di Pietro Teulie'' however, the cannonball hit Teuliè after 13 June, and five to six days later, he died in Loison's arms in the nearby village of Tramm.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Maggiore|last=Jacopetti|title=Biografie di Achille Fontanelli, di Francesco Teodoro Arese e di Pietro Teuliè|year=1845|pages=93–94|url=http://books.google.it/books?id=NMk5AAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA93#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> | |||
Temporarily, the |
Temporarily, the defenders were supported by the British ] ''Phyleria'' and the ] ] ''af Chapmann'',<ref name=Roehr33>{{Cite book |title=Handbuch der deutschen Marinegeschichte |first=Albert |last=Röhr |year=1963 |page=33}}</ref> the latter had arrived on 29 April, was commanded by major Follin and armed with 46 guns (two 36-pounders, else 24-pounder cannons and ]).<ref name=Hoepfner582>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=582}}</ref> Also, three fishing boats had been armed with guns and supported the defenders from the sea.<ref name=Roehr33/> A 3-pounder gun was mounted on each of these boats, which had been prepared by Nettelbeck; later, a fourth boat was similarly prepared by lieutenant Fabe.<ref name=Hoepfner582/> On 3 June during the evening the supporting ships directed artillery fire on the Polish camp, which proved to be ineffective due to strong winds, three hours later an armed expedition of estimated 200 Prussians attempted to land on the beach, and was repulsed in intense fighting by the Polish regiment<ref name="Pkroczynski"/> | ||
On 14 June, British artillery replenishments arrived for the |
On 14 June, British artillery replenishments arrived for the defenders, including 30 iron cannons, 10 iron ]s and ammunition.<ref name=Hoepfner581/> The guns replaced "the many unusable guns on Kolberg's walls".<ref name=Hoepfner582/> Since the fortress had experienced a shortage of light artillery while at the same time it had sufficient cannonball supplies in storage, a Kolberg smith had forged an operative iron 4-pounder gun; further efforts to forge artillery pieces in the fortress were rendered moot by the arrival of the British guns.<ref name=Hoepfner582/> | ||
===Final days=== | ===Final days=== | ||
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In mid-June, the siege forces were reinforced by two ] bataillons with a strength of 1,500 to 1,600,<ref name=Hoepfner634/> Napoleon ordered the narrowing of the encirclement to cut off Kolberg from its port.<ref name=Hoepfner634/> By the end of June, Napoleon sent in battle-tried French regiments and heavy guns to bring about a decision: |
In mid-June, the siege forces were reinforced by two ] bataillons with a strength of 1,500 to 1,600,<ref name=Hoepfner634/> Napoleon ordered the narrowing of the encirclement to cut off Kolberg from its port.<ref name=Hoepfner634/> By the end of June, Napoleon sent in battle-tried French regiments and heavy guns to bring about a decision:{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} on 21 June arrived further artillery pieces and the 4th ] line infantry regiment (]) with a strength of 1,600 to 1,700; on 30 June arrived the 3rd light, 56th line and 93rd line regiments of the Boudet division with a strength of 7,000.<ref name=Hoepfner634/> Overall, the strength of the siege force had risen to about 14,000 men in the final days.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=252}}<ref name=Hoepfner592/> | ||
The French forces took the Maikuhle forest held by the remaining soldiers of Schill's freikorps |
The French forces took the Maikuhle forest held by the remaining soldiers of Schill's freikorps{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} on 1 July.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=546}}</ref> Kolberg was heavily bombarded—of a total of 25,940 cannonballs fired by the siege force, 6,000 were fired on 1 and 2 July.<ref name=Hoepfner677>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=677}}</ref> | ||
On 2 July at noon, fighting ceased upon the |
On 2 July at noon, fighting ceased upon the announcement of the Prusso-French agreement to the ].<ref>{{Cite book |title=A history of Eastern Europe |url=https://archive.org/details/historyeasterneu00bide |url-access=limited |first1=Robert |last1=Bideleux |first2=Ian |last2=Jeffries |edition=2 |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-415-36627-4 |page=|publisher=Routledge }}<br/>{{harv|Davies|2005|p=218}}</ref>{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} A Prusso-French truce had been signed already on 25 June following the decisive Russian defeat in the ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Benjamin |last=Weiß |chapter=Fredinand von Schill in seiner Zeit. Daten und Fakten |title=Für die Freiheit, gegen Napoleon. Ferdinand von Schill, Preussen und die deutsche Nation |editor-first=Veit |editor-last=Veltzke |publisher=Böhlau |location=Köln/Weimar |year=2009 |isbn=978-3-412-20340-5 |pages=425–432; p. 428}}</ref> Kolberg was one of the few Prussian fortresses which withstood Napoleon's forces until the peace was signed{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}}<ref name=GKM>{{Cite book |title=Die Zeit bis 1914 - Vom Kriegshaufen zum Massenheer |volume=1 |series=Grundkurs deutsche Militärgeschichte |editor-first=Karl-Volker |editor-last=Neugebauer |edition=2 |publisher=Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag |year=2009 |isbn=978-3-486-59009-8 |page=190}}</ref>—others were Glatz (]) and ].<ref name=GKM/> | ||
===Casualties=== | ===Casualties=== | ||
Based on data from the Prussian Military Archive, Höpfner lists the casualties for the Prussian |
Based on data from the Prussian Military Archive, Höpfner lists the casualties for the Prussian garrison of Kolberg (saying it is uncertain whether they included the losses of the Schill freikorps) as follows:<ref name=Hoepfner676>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=676}}</ref> | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
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<tr><td></td><td><b>Officers</b></td><td><b>Corporals</b></td><td><b>Privates</b></td></tr> | |||
! !! Officers !! Corporals !! Privates | |||
<tr><td style="text-align:left">killed in action:</td><td>14</td><td>23</td><td>391</td></tr> | |||
|- | |||
<tr><td style="text-align:left">lethally wounded:</td><td>7</td><td>28</td><td>253</td></tr> | |||
| style="text-align:left" | killed in action: || 14 || 23 || 391 | |||
|- | |||
<tr><td style="text-align:left">captured:</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>192</td></tr> | |||
| style="text-align:left" | lethally wounded: || 7 || 28 || 253 | |||
|- | |||
<tr><td style="text-align:left">deserted:</td><td>0</td><td>18</td><td>316</td></tr> | |||
| style="text-align:left" | wounded: || 27 || 104 || 912 | |||
|- | |||
<tr><td style="text-align:left"><b>total:</b></td><td><b>55</b></td><td><b>213</b></td><td><b>2,593</b></td></tr> | |||
| style="text-align:left" | captured: || 6 || 6 || 192 | |||
</table> | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left" | missing: || 0 || 10 || 149 | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left" | deserted: || 0 || 18 || 316 | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:left" | discharged as invalids: || 1 || 24 || 380 | |||
|- style="font-weight:bold" | |||
| style="text-align:left" | total: || 55 || 213 || 2,593 | |||
|} | |||
Höpfner further reports that | Höpfner further reports that | ||
*Schill's freikorps lost a total of 682 infantry, 40 artillerists and an unrecorded number of cavalry and ] as dead, wounded, captured or missing;<ref name=Hoepfner676/> | *Schill's freikorps lost a total of 682 infantry, 40 artillerists and an unrecorded number of cavalry and ] as dead, wounded, captured or missing;<ref name=Hoepfner676/> | ||
*of the civilian population of Kolberg, 27 died and 42 were wounded, primarily during the two final days.<ref name=Hoepfner677/> |
*of the civilian population of Kolberg, 27 died and 42 were wounded, primarily during the two final days.<ref name=Hoepfner677/> | ||
Regarding the casualties of the siege force, Höpfner says that the Prussian archives reports list a total of 7,000 to 8,000 dead and wounded, 1,000 of whom were killed and injured during the last two days.<ref name=Hoepfner677/> Höpfner does not cite the number claimed by the French, which he dismissed as "worthless," and says that the beforementioned Prussian claim for the total siege force casualties might be exaggerated.<ref name=Hoepfner677/> | Regarding the casualties of the siege force, Höpfner says that the Prussian archives reports list a total of 7,000 to 8,000 dead and wounded, 1,000 of whom were killed and injured during the last two days.<ref name=Hoepfner677/> Höpfner does not cite the number claimed by the French, which he dismissed as "worthless," and says that the beforementioned Prussian claim for the total siege force casualties might be exaggerated.<ref name=Hoepfner677/> | ||
The casualty figures cited by Smith in ''The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book'' match Höpfner's numbers for the Prussian |
The casualty figures cited by Smith in ''The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book'' match Höpfner's numbers for the Prussian garrison, as they were used as a source; for the siege force casualties, Smith lists 102 officers and 5,000 men dead and wounded or died of sickness.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=252}} | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
After the announcement of the peace, Kolberg was not occupied by the French army.<ref>{{cite book|title=Heinrich George - Anfang und Ende in Kolberg|first=Ulrich|last=Gehrke|location=Hamburg|year=2005|isbn= |
After the announcement of the peace, Kolberg was not occupied by the French army.<ref>{{cite book |title=Heinrich George - Anfang und Ende in Kolberg |first=Ulrich |last=Gehrke |location=Hamburg |year=2005 |isbn=3-927996-31-9 |page=60}}</ref> Already on 3/4 July, Napoleon ordered the bulk of the siege force to march west to ] and reinforce, under command of ], the French forces ].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=702}}</ref> The commander of the siege forces in Kolberg, ], likewise departed to the Stralsund pocket and was put in command of a division near ].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II |volume=4 |edition=2 |first=Eduard |last=Höpfner |year=1855 |page=703}}</ref> ]{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} and ]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Gneisenau. Leben und Werk des königlich-preussischen Generalfeldmarschalls |first=Gerhard |last=Thiele |location=Berlin |year=1999 |isbn=3-932981-55-3 |page=31}}</ref> received the highest Prussian military decoration ''"]"'' for their service. | ||
] town hall]] | |||
During the siege, Kolberg's suburbs had been levelled, more than half of the Old Town was damaged or destroyed by artillery fire, and Kolberg's economy with its two important branches sea trade and salt mining declined.<ref name="SSA303304">{{Cite book |title=Staatsarchiv Stettin. Wegweiser durch die Bestände bis zum Jahr 1945 |volume=24 von |series=Schriften des Bundesinstituts für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa |editor=Radosław |editor2-last=Gaziński |publisher=Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag |year=2004 |isbn=3-486-57641-0 |pages=303–304|display-editors=etal}}</ref> A shortage of coins had led to the circulation of paper money, hand-written by students from the local ] on Gneisenau's behalf.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Papiergeld. Ein Handbuch für Sammler und Liebhaber |volume=47 |series=Bibliothek für Kunst- und Antiquitätenfreunde |first=Albert |last=Pick |publisher=Klinkhardt&Biermann |year=1967 |page=44}}</ref> The overall damage was at 155,000 ]s.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Das lange 19. Jahrhundert. Personen, Ereignisse, Ideen, Umwälzungen. Ernst Engelberg zum 90. Geburtstag |editor-first=Wolfgang |editor-last=Küttler |location=Berlin |year=1999 |isbn=3-89626-158-4 |page=166}}</ref> Only in the mid-19th century began the reconstruction and modernization of the town and its port.<ref name=SSA303304/> The ruins of the destroyed medieval town hall were replaced by the current building, designed by ].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Die Backsteinbaukunst der Berliner Schule. Von K.F. Schinkel bis zum Ausgang des Jahrhunderts |first=Manfred |last=Klinkott |location=Berlin |year=1988 |isbn=3-7861-1438-2 |page=63}}</ref> Kolberg ceased to be a fortress in 1872—by 1873, most of the defensive works were levelled.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Die Eroberung Pommerns durch die Rote Armee |first=Erich |last=Murawski |location=Boppard |year=1969 |page=251}}</ref> | |||
] town hall]] | |||
During the siege, Kolberg's suburbs had been levelled, more than half of the Old Town was damaged or destroyed by artillery fire, and Kolberg's economy with its two important branches sea trade and salt mining declined.<ref name=SSA303304>{{Cite book|title=Staatsarchiv Stettin. Wegweiser durch die Bestände bis zum Jahr 1945|volume=24 von |series=Schriften des Bundesinstituts für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa|editor=Radosław et al|editor-last=Gaziński|publisher=Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag|year=2004|isbn=3486576410|pages=303-304}}</ref> A shortage of coins had led to the circulation of paper money, hand-written by students from the local ] on Gneisenau's behalf.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Papiergeld. Ein Handbuch für Sammler und Liebhaber|volume=47|series=Bibliothek für Kunst- und Antiquitätenfreunde|first=Albert|last=Pick|publisher=Klinkhardt&Biermann|year=1967|page=44}}</ref> The overall damage was at 155,000 ]s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Das lange 19. Jahrhundert. Personen, Ereignisse, Ideen, Umwälzungen. Ernst Engelberg zum 90. Geburtstag|editor-first=Wolfgang|editor-last=Küttler|location=Berlin|year=1999|isbn=3896261584|page=166}}</ref> Only in the mid-19th century began the reconstruction and modernization of the town and its port.<ref name=SSA303304/> The ruins of the destroyed medieval town hall were replaced by the current building, designed by ].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Die Backsteinbaukunst der Berliner Schule. Von K.F. Schinkel bis zum Ausgang des Jahrhunderts|first=Manfred|last=Klinkott|location=Berlin|year=|isbn=3786114382|page=63}}</ref> Kolberg ceased to be a fortress in 1872 - by 1873, most of the defensive works were levelled.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Die Eroberung Pommerns durch die Rote Armee|first=Erich|last=Murawski|location=Boppard|year=1969|page=251}}</ref> | |||
===In popular memory=== | ===In popular memory=== | ||
The siege itself became a myth in military history of Prussia, which was partially deflated in modern research by Hieronim Kroczyński |
The siege itself became a myth in military history of Prussia, which was partially deflated in modern research by Hieronim Kroczyński.{{sfn|Horward|1986|p=639}} | ||
Nobel laureate ] described the events in his successful drama "Colberg" (1865).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6UGVkTqPeOkC&q=+colberg&pg=PA14 |title=Das Romanwerk von Paul Heyse |first=Urszula |last=Bonter |publisher=Königshausen & Neumann |location=Würzburg |year=2008 |isbn=978-3-8260-3627-9 |pages=14}}</ref> | |||
|title=Napoleonic military history:a bibliography|first=Donald D.|last=Horward|publisher=Garland Pub.|location=|year=1986|isbn=|pages=639}}</ref> | |||
Nobel laureate ] described the events in his successful drama "Colberg" (1865).<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.de/books?id=6UGVkTqPeOkC&pg=PA14&dq=Paul+Heyse+colberg&hl=de&ei=Q6x_TfHjGYrKsgbemsX9Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%20colberg&f=false|title=Das Romanwerk von Paul Heyse|first=Urszula|last=Bonter|publisher=Königshausen & Neumann|location=Würzburg|year=2008|isbn=3-8260-3627-9|pages=14}}</ref> | |||
Before ], a monument in the town's center was dedicated to Gneisenau, Nettelbeck and Schill; Schill's house was marked with a memorial plaque, |
Before ], a monument in the town's center was dedicated to Gneisenau, Nettelbeck and Schill; Schill's house was marked with a memorial plaque,{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} a redoubt and a street were named after him,{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=63}} and 2 July was a local holiday celebrated by an annual procession.{{sfn|Kroczyński|2009|p=62}} After the war, when the town ], a street in Kołobrzeg was named after ], the commander of the Polish troops taking part in the siege.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902135004/http://wmapa.pl/polska/zachodniopomorskie/powiat-ko%C5%82obrzeski/ko%C5%82obrzeg/antoniego-su%C5%82kowskiego |date=2 September 2011 }}</ref> | ||
===Nazi propaganda movie |
===Nazi propaganda movie=== | ||
{{ |
{{Main|Kolberg (film)}} | ||
Paul Heyse's |
Paul Heyse's drama was exploited<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vA8uhGCuCoC&q=Essays+in+European+History:+Selected+From+the+Annual+Meetings+of+the+Southern+Historical+Association,+1988-1989+Patriotism+and.+Theater+Politics+in+the+Second+Reich&pg=PA45 |title=Essays in European History: Selected From the Annual Meetings of the Southern Historical Association, 1988-1989 - Vol. II "Patriotism and Theater Politics in the Second Reich: Paul Heyse's 'Colberg" |first1=Jane K. |last1=Burton |first2=Carolyn W. |last2=White |first3=Jere H. |last3=Link |publisher=University Press of America |year=1996 |isbn=0-7618-0316-5 |pages=46}}</ref> in the ] movie '']'', which was begun in 1943 and released in 1945 near the end of World War II. At a cost of more than eight million marks, it was the most expensive German film of the Second World War.<ref>Erwin Leiser, Nazi Cinema p128 {{ISBN|0-02-570230-0}}</ref> Part of the plot did not match the events—for example, while the actual siege had ended because Prussia surrendered, in the movie it ended because the French generals concluded Kolberg could not be taken.<ref>Erwin Leiser, ''Nazi Cinema'' p. 125-6 {{ISBN|0-02-570230-0}}</ref> Some 5,000 soldiers were employed as extras in its shooting, as well as several hundred townspeople from the city of Kolberg itself.<ref>{{cite book |last=Noack |first=Frank |title=Veit Harlan: "des Teufels Regisser" |trans-title=Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington |year=2016 |orig-year=2000 |isbn=9780813167008 }}</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
*{{cite book |last=Bodart |first=Gaston |year=1908 |title=Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905) |lang=de |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_A0kNAAAAYAAJ |url-access=registration |access-date=23 June 2021}} | |||
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*{{cite book |editor-last=Buchholz |editor-first=Werner |year=1999 |title=Pommern |publisher=Siedler |isbn=3-88680-272-8}} | |||
*{{cite book |last=Burgdorf |first=Wolfgang |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGj9qZxUnUsC&q=Kolberg+1807+rheinbund&pg=PA58 |title=Ein Weltbild verliert seine Welt |publisher=Oldenbourg |isbn=978-3-486-58110-2 |lang=de}} | |||
*{{cite book |last=Davies |first=Norman |year=2006 |title=God's playground: a history of Poland in two volumes, Volume 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Tbed6iMNLEC&q=colberg |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199253401}} | |||
*{{cite book |last=Davies |first=Norman |year=2005 |title=God's playground. A history of Poland |volume=2 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-925340-4}} | |||
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1807 Siege during the War of the Fourth Coalition For other uses, see Battle of Kolberg.
Battle of Kolberg (1807) | |||||||
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Former battle memorial with statues of Nettelbeck and Gneisenau in Kolberg | |||||||
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Claude Victor-Perrin Édouard Mortier Louis Henri Loison Pietro Teulié † Filippo Severoli |
August von Gneisenau Ferdinand von Schill | ||||||
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14,000 41 guns |
6,000 230 guns 46 guns on Swedish frigate | ||||||
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5,000 killed, wounded or captured | 3,000 killed, wounded or captured |
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The siege of Kolberg (also spelled Colberg or Kołobrzeg) took place from March to 2 July 1807 during the War of the Fourth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. An army of the First French Empire and several foreign auxiliaries (including Polish insurgents) of France besieged the fortified town of Kolberg, the only remaining Prussian-held fortress in the Province of Pomerania. The siege was not successful and was lifted upon the announcement of the Peace of Tilsit.
After Prussia lost the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt in late 1806, French troops marched north into Prussian Pomerania. Fortified Stettin (Szczecin) surrendered without battle, and the province became occupied by the French forces. Kolberg resisted, and the implementation of a French siege was delayed until March 1807 by the freikorps of Ferdinand von Schill operating around the fortress and capturing the assigned French commander of the siege, Victor-Perrin. During these months, the military commander of Kolberg, Lucadou, and the representative of the local populace, Nettelbeck, prepared the fortress's defensive structures.
The French forces commanded by Teulié, composed primarily of troops from Italy, succeeded in encircling Kolberg by mid-March. Napoleon put the siege force under the command of Loison; Frederick William III entrusted Gneisenau with the defense. In early April, the siege forces were for a short time commanded by Mortier, who had marched a large force from besieged Swedish Stralsund to Kolberg but was ordered to return when Stralsund's defenders gained ground. Other reinforcements came from states of the Confederation of the Rhine (Kingdom of Württemberg, Saxon duchies and the Duchy of Nassau), the Kingdom of Holland, and France.
With the western surroundings of Kolberg flooded by the defenders, fighting concentrated on the eastern forefield of the fortress, where Wolfsberg sconce had been constructed on Lucadou's behalf. Aiding the defense from the nearby Baltic Sea were a British and a Swedish vessel. By late June, Napoleon massively reinforced the siege forces to bring about a decision. The siege force then also concentrated on taking the port north of the town. On 2 July, fighting ceased when Prussia had agreed on an unfavourable peace after her ally Russia suffered a decisive defeat at Friedland. Of the twenty Prussian fortresses, Kolberg was one of the few remaining in Prussian hands until the war's end. The battle became a myth in Prussia and was later used by Nazi propaganda efforts. While prior to World War II the city commemorated the defendants, it started to honor the commander of the Polish troops after 1945, when the city became part of a Polish state.
Prelude
Prussian retreat, 1806Capitulation of StettinKingdom of Prussia, 1806Within two weeks after the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt (14 October 1806), Napoleon's Grande Armée had pursued the defeated Royal Prussian Army to Pasewalk in Prussian Pomerania. The provincial capital Stettin (now Szczecin), one of twenty Prussian fortresses, capitulated on 29 October the province's only fortress remaining in Prussian hands. Pierre Thouvenout was appointed French governor of Pomerania and sent his envoy Mestram to accept Kolberg's expected capitulation and take control of it.
On 8 November 1806, Mestram met with the Prussian commander of Kolberg Louis Maurice de Lucadou (Ludwig Moritz von Lucadou) before its walls. Lucadou's refusal to hand over the fortress came as a surprise to the French generals and the Prussian administration in Stettin, who had already pledged allegiance to the French; it further led part of the defeated Prussian army to take refuge in Kolberg and reinforce the two musketeer battalions of the von Owstien and von Borcke regiments and the 72 guns garrisoned there. Lucadou ordered the Persante (Parseta) river west of Kolberg to be dammed up to flood the area around the fortress, and arranged the construction of Wolfsberg sconce east of the town. Coordination of these measures with Joachim Nettelbeck, representative of the Kolberg citizens, was however impaired by the latter's personal grievances against Lucadou.
Among the Prussian soldiers who had retreated to Kolberg after Jena and Auerstedt was secondelieutenant Ferdinand von Schill, who after his recovery from a severe head injury in the house of Kolberg senator Westphal was ordered to patrol the areas west of the fortress with a small cavalry unit. Supplied with information about French movements by local peasants, he succeeded in capturing a number of French officers and soldiers, gathering food and financial supplies in neighboring towns and villages, and recruiting volunteers to his unit from inside and outside Kolberg.
Schill's victory in the skirmish of Gülzow (7 December 1806), though insignificant from a military point of view, was widely noted as the first Prussian success against the French army - while Prussian king Frederick William III praised Schill as the "kind of man now valued by the fatherland", Napoleon referred to him as a "miserable kind of brigand". "ce miserable, qui est une espèce de brigand" As a consequence of these successes and Schill's increasing fame, Prussian king Frederick William III ordered him to establish a freikorps on 12 January 1807, which in the following months defended the fortress against French attacks allowing its defenders to complete their preparations for the expected siege with Swedish and British support via the Baltic.
Time for preparation was needed since Kolberg lacked sufficient defensive structures, manpower and armament to withstand a siege. The defensive works of the fortress had been neglected, only the port and Kirchhof sconce had been prepared for defense when Prussia feared war with Russia and Sweden in 1805 and 1806, but they had been disarmed in September. By early December 1806, the Kolberg garrison numbered 1,576 men, but increased steadily during the next months due to the arrival of Prussian troops and new recruits from nearby areas. Armament shortages were in part relieved by Charles XIII of Sweden, who sent rifle components from which local gunsmiths made 2,000 new rifles. As of late October 1806, a total of 72 guns were mounted on Kolberg's walls: 58 metal/iron cannons (8x 24 lb, 4x 20 lb, 40x 12 lb, 6x 6 lb), six iron howitzers (10 lb) and eight iron mortars (5x 50 lb, 3x 25 lb); in addition, there were four mobile 3-pounder cannons. While a convoy with artillery reinforcements was held up and captured by French forces near Stettin, twelve 12-pounder cannons reached Kolberg from the Prussian fortress of Danzig and the Swedish fortress of Stralsund, who each sent six guns. Since no further artillery reinforcements came in, the Kolberg garrison mounted an additional 92 guns on the walls which previously had been deemed unusable and withdrawn from service; these guns were positioned at the flanks at it was speculated that they might still serve to fire rocks and canister shots at short distances. Six guns captured by Schill's freikorps were also sent to Kolberg.
Claude Victor-Perrin, whom Napoleon Bonaparte had entrusted with taking Kolberg, was captured by Schill's forces in Arnswalde (12 January), detained in Kolberg and later exchanged against Prussian general Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. With Victor-Perrin captured, the attack on Kolberg was to be led by Pietro (Pierre) Teulié's Italian division, who in February began the march on the fortress from Stettin. Schill's freikorps further delayed the French advance by provoking several skirmishes and battles, the largest of which took place near Naugard (Nowogard). Teulié reached the Kolberg area by early March, and by the mid of the month (14 March) had cleared the surrounding villages of Schill's forces and encircled the fortress.
Siege
Mid-March to April
DefendersFrom left to right: Schill, Nettelbeck and Gneisenau; Lucadou not pictured.When the French encirclement of Kolberg rendered Schill's strategy moot, Lucadou sent three cavalry units to aid the Krockow freikorps in the defense of Danzig, while Schill departed to aid in the defense of Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania. The suburbs, most notably Geldernerviertel, were burned down as it was customary.
Because of the delay in the French advance, Napoleon replaced Teulié as the commander of the siege forces with division general Louis Henri Loison; Frederick William III replaced Lucadou as the commander of the fortress with major August Neidhardt von Gneisenau after complaints by Nettelbeck and out of considerations for an envisioned British landfall at Kolberg - he feared that a French-born commander might irritate his British supporters, while on the other hand Gneisenau had been in British service during the American Revolutionary War.
In April, Napoleon withdrew the forces of Edouard Mortier from the siege of Stralsund and sent them to take Kolberg, however, Mortier soon had to return when the defenders of Stralsund pushed the remaining French troops out of Swedish Pomerania.
The French siege army was reinforced by troops from Württemberg and Saxon states (Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Saxe-Weimar,) as well as a Polish regiment. The Saxon and Württemberg regiments were part of the army of the Confederation of the Rhine, which - like the Kingdom of Italy, whose troops were already present at the siege – was a French client. The Polish regiment, led by Antoni Paweł Sułkowski, with a strength of 1,200 had been transferred from the siege of Danzig (Gdańsk) on 11 April and arrived on 20 April; it was the 1st infantry regiment of the Poznań legion raised by Jan Henryk Dąbrowski on Napoleon's behalf, after a Polish uprising against Prussian occupation and French liberation of Prussian controlled Poland had resulted in the creation of Duchy of Warsaw in part of partitioned Poland.
May to June
Siege force commandersFrom left to right: Victor-Perrin, Teulié, Loison, and Mortier.Throughout May and June, the siege was characterized by heavy fighting around Wolfsberg sconce east of Kolberg.
In early May, the siege forces numbered circa 8,000 troops. The siege force's blockade corps was since 4 May divided into four brigades:
- the first brigade was commanded by Berndes and included one Polish regiment under Antoni Paweł Sułkowski. Sulkowski in his diaries wrote that Polish soldiers were highly excited about the prospect of taking the city, as it was once part of Poland during the Piast dynasty. He wrote "our soldiers burn with the enthusiasm to move our borders to the pillars of Bolesław", and noted that the chaplain of the Polish soldiers Ignacy Przybylski called upon them Polish soldiers. We are camped under Kołobrzeg. Since the time of Chrobry our regiment formed in Poznan and Gniezno Voivodeships is the first to show its banners here. The brigade also included Württemberg regiments (Seckendorff, Romig);
- the second brigade was commanded by Fontane and included the 1st Italian line infantry regiment (Valleriani) and the infantry regiment Saxe-Weimar (Egloffstein);
- the third brigade was commanded by Castaldini and included the 2nd Italian light regiment;
- the fourth brigade was commanded by general Bonfanti and included the 1st Italian light regiment (Rougier).
The remaining forces, except for the grenadiers, were entrusted with the defense of other sconces in the vicinity of Kolberg. The headquarters of the siege force was in Tramm (now Stramnica), where the grenadiers were concentrated. The artillery, under command of general Mossel, was concentrated near Zernin (now Czernin), and defended by a Saxon detachment stationed in Degow (now Dygowo). The construction of the siege works, was since 5 May supervised by brigade general Chambarlhiac of the 8th corps on Napoleon's behalf.
Schill returned to the town in early May, but left for Stralsund again after discord with Gneisenau, taking most of his freikorps with him (primarily the cavalry units). After Schill's departure, the defenders numbered about 6,000 men and consisted of
- one grenadier battalion with 850 men, commanded by Karl Wilhelm Ernst von Waldenfels, vice commander of the fortress;
- one fusilier battalion with 750 men, commanded by Möller;
- the 2nd Pomeranian reserve battalion with 540 men;
- the 3rd Neumark reserve battalion with 420 men;
- the 3rd musketeer battalion von Owstien with 800 men;
- the 3rd musketeer battalion von Borcke with 800 men;
- of Schill's freikorps, five infantry companies with 750 men and one cavalry squadron with 113 men, commanded by Count Wedell;
- two Jäger companies (Dobrowolski and Otto) with 300 men, later commanded by Arenstorf;
- 110 cuirassiers from the depot of the von Balliodz regiment;
- 400 artillerists.
On 7 May, in a French reconnaissance attack, troops from the 1st Italian line infantry as well as the Polish, Württemberg and Saxon regiments assaulted Wolfsberg sconce. During the fight, a Polish unit repelled a charge from the cavalry squadron of Schill's Freikorps (113 troopers). General Loison in a report to Marshal Berthier on 8 May stated that the Poles had stopped a charge of 600 Prussian cavalry in that action. In another attack, launched during the night of 17/18 May, siege force troops managed to take part of Wolfsberg sconce, but had to retreat when in the resulting chaos, Württemberg troops shot at Italian units. The Prussian forces launched a counter-attack and drove them from the sconce once again. After this, the French general lost confidence in Wurttemberg troops and removed them from the battlefield. Polish troops were extensively used, and according to Louis Loison, showed exceptional determination in the attacks on Wolfsberg sconce.
On 20 May, an arms replenishment for the defenders arrived by sea from Great Britain, containing inter alia 10,000 rifles, 6,000 sabres and ammunition. Some of those supplies, including 6,000 rifles, were however redirected to the defenders of Stralsund.
On 30 May, Napoleon ordered the redeployment of Jean Boudet's division to enable it to reach Kolberg on demand within 36 hours, one regiment of the division was ordered to reinforce the siege forces.
Wolfsberg sconce, overrun by the French army on 17 May but recovered by the defenders the next day, capitulated on 11 June. Among others, Waldenfels was killed at the Wolfsberg sconce. Also, Teulié was lethally injured when a cannonball hit his leg—according to the French Biographie universelle, he died five days later, on 12 May, and his death caused the parties to agree on a 24-hour truce in his honor; according to Höpfner's History of the Prussian Army however, Teuliè was hit when a 24-hour truce on 11/12 June was concluded after the capitulation of the Wolfsberg sconce, but not observed; and according to the Italian Biografie di Pietro Teulie however, the cannonball hit Teuliè after 13 June, and five to six days later, he died in Loison's arms in the nearby village of Tramm.
Temporarily, the defenders were supported by the British corvette Phyleria and the Swedish frigate af Chapmann, the latter had arrived on 29 April, was commanded by major Follin and armed with 46 guns (two 36-pounders, else 24-pounder cannons and carronades). Also, three fishing boats had been armed with guns and supported the defenders from the sea. A 3-pounder gun was mounted on each of these boats, which had been prepared by Nettelbeck; later, a fourth boat was similarly prepared by lieutenant Fabe. On 3 June during the evening the supporting ships directed artillery fire on the Polish camp, which proved to be ineffective due to strong winds, three hours later an armed expedition of estimated 200 Prussians attempted to land on the beach, and was repulsed in intense fighting by the Polish regiment
On 14 June, British artillery replenishments arrived for the defenders, including 30 iron cannons, 10 iron howitzers and ammunition. The guns replaced "the many unusable guns on Kolberg's walls". Since the fortress had experienced a shortage of light artillery while at the same time it had sufficient cannonball supplies in storage, a Kolberg smith had forged an operative iron 4-pounder gun; further efforts to forge artillery pieces in the fortress were rendered moot by the arrival of the British guns.
Final days
Left: Bagienna/Morast/Schill redoubt; right: MaikuhleIn mid-June, the siege forces were reinforced by two Nassau bataillons with a strength of 1,500 to 1,600, Napoleon ordered the narrowing of the encirclement to cut off Kolberg from its port. By the end of June, Napoleon sent in battle-tried French regiments and heavy guns to bring about a decision: on 21 June arrived further artillery pieces and the 4th Dutch line infantry regiment (Anthing's) with a strength of 1,600 to 1,700; on 30 June arrived the 3rd light, 56th line and 93rd line regiments of the Boudet division with a strength of 7,000. Overall, the strength of the siege force had risen to about 14,000 men in the final days.
The French forces took the Maikuhle forest held by the remaining soldiers of Schill's freikorps on 1 July. Kolberg was heavily bombarded—of a total of 25,940 cannonballs fired by the siege force, 6,000 were fired on 1 and 2 July.
On 2 July at noon, fighting ceased upon the announcement of the Prusso-French agreement to the Peace of Tilsit. A Prusso-French truce had been signed already on 25 June following the decisive Russian defeat in the Battle of Friedland. Kolberg was one of the few Prussian fortresses which withstood Napoleon's forces until the peace was signed—others were Glatz (Kłodzko) and Graudenz (Grudziądz).
Casualties
Based on data from the Prussian Military Archive, Höpfner lists the casualties for the Prussian garrison of Kolberg (saying it is uncertain whether they included the losses of the Schill freikorps) as follows:
Officers | Corporals | Privates | |
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killed in action: | 14 | 23 | 391 |
lethally wounded: | 7 | 28 | 253 |
wounded: | 27 | 104 | 912 |
captured: | 6 | 6 | 192 |
missing: | 0 | 10 | 149 |
deserted: | 0 | 18 | 316 |
discharged as invalids: | 1 | 24 | 380 |
total: | 55 | 213 | 2,593 |
Höpfner further reports that
- Schill's freikorps lost a total of 682 infantry, 40 artillerists and an unrecorded number of cavalry and jäger as dead, wounded, captured or missing;
- of the civilian population of Kolberg, 27 died and 42 were wounded, primarily during the two final days.
Regarding the casualties of the siege force, Höpfner says that the Prussian archives reports list a total of 7,000 to 8,000 dead and wounded, 1,000 of whom were killed and injured during the last two days. Höpfner does not cite the number claimed by the French, which he dismissed as "worthless," and says that the beforementioned Prussian claim for the total siege force casualties might be exaggerated.
The casualty figures cited by Smith in The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book match Höpfner's numbers for the Prussian garrison, as they were used as a source; for the siege force casualties, Smith lists 102 officers and 5,000 men dead and wounded or died of sickness.
Aftermath
After the announcement of the peace, Kolberg was not occupied by the French army. Already on 3/4 July, Napoleon ordered the bulk of the siege force to march west to Swedish Pomerania and reinforce, under command of Guillaume Brune, the French forces besieging Stralsund. The commander of the siege forces in Kolberg, Louis Henri Loison, likewise departed to the Stralsund pocket and was put in command of a division near Demmin. Ferdinand von Schill and Neidhardt von Gneisenau received the highest Prussian military decoration "Pour le Mérite" for their service.
During the siege, Kolberg's suburbs had been levelled, more than half of the Old Town was damaged or destroyed by artillery fire, and Kolberg's economy with its two important branches sea trade and salt mining declined. A shortage of coins had led to the circulation of paper money, hand-written by students from the local lyceum on Gneisenau's behalf. The overall damage was at 155,000 reichstalers. Only in the mid-19th century began the reconstruction and modernization of the town and its port. The ruins of the destroyed medieval town hall were replaced by the current building, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Kolberg ceased to be a fortress in 1872—by 1873, most of the defensive works were levelled.
In popular memory
The siege itself became a myth in military history of Prussia, which was partially deflated in modern research by Hieronim Kroczyński. Nobel laureate Paul Heyse described the events in his successful drama "Colberg" (1865).
Before World War II, a monument in the town's center was dedicated to Gneisenau, Nettelbeck and Schill; Schill's house was marked with a memorial plaque, a redoubt and a street were named after him, and 2 July was a local holiday celebrated by an annual procession. After the war, when the town became Polish, a street in Kołobrzeg was named after Antoni Sułkowski, the commander of the Polish troops taking part in the siege.
Nazi propaganda movie
Main article: Kolberg (film)Paul Heyse's drama was exploited in the Nazi propaganda movie Kolberg, which was begun in 1943 and released in 1945 near the end of World War II. At a cost of more than eight million marks, it was the most expensive German film of the Second World War. Part of the plot did not match the events—for example, while the actual siege had ended because Prussia surrendered, in the movie it ended because the French generals concluded Kolberg could not be taken. Some 5,000 soldiers were employed as extras in its shooting, as well as several hundred townspeople from the city of Kolberg itself.
Explanatory notes
Notes
- ^ Wörner 2004, p. 15.
- ^ Lilienstern 2008.
- ^ Erkenbrecher 1998, p. 15.
- ^ Burgdorf 2006, p. 58.
- ^ Bodart 1908, p. 384.
- ^ Smith 1998, p. 252.
- Davies 2006, p. 393.
- Ross 2008, p. 377.
- Zawadzki 2009, pp. 110–124.
- ^ Horward 1986, p. 639.
- Kroczyński 2009, p. 59.
- ^ Jessen 2009, p. 50.
- Jessen 2009, p. 46.
- Jessen 2009, p. 48.
- Buchholz 1999, p. 360.
- ^ Kroczyński 2009, p. 60.
- Rink, Martin (2009). "Patriot und Partisan. Ferdinand von Schill als Freikorpskämpfer neuen Typs". In Veltzke, Veit (ed.). Für die Freiheit, gegen Napoleon: Ferdinand von Schill, Preussen und die deutsche Nation. Köln/Weimar: Böhlau. pp. 65–106, p. 78. ISBN 978-3-412-20340-5.
- Jessen 2009, p. 56.
- ^ Kroczyński 2009, p. 61.
- ^ Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). p. 449.
- Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). p. 455.
- Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). p. 456.
- Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). p. 457.
- ^ Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). p. 450.
- ^ Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). p. 454.
- Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). pp. 479–480.
- Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). p. 480.
- Höpfner, Eduard (1855). Der Krieg von 1806 und 1807. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Preußischen Armee nach den Quellen des Kriegsarchivs, part II. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). pp. 532–533.
- ^ Kroczyński 2009, p. 62.
- William Fiddian Reddaway, Cambridge History of Poland, Volume 1 Archived 30 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge University Press, 1971, pg. 228
- Nafziger, George F.; Wesolowski, Mariusz T.; Devoe, Tom (1991). The Poles and Saxons during the Napoleonic Wars. Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series. pp. 3–4. ISBN 0-9626655-2-5.
- ^ Przemysław Kroczyński, "Udział Polaków w oblężeniu Kołobrzegu w 1807 roku w świetle akt znajdujących się w Archives Historiąues de V Armee de Terre w Paryżu", "Koszalińskie Zeszyty Muzealne", t. 12, 1982, page 75-84
- Historia Gdańska Edmund Cieślak Tom 3-page 115, Wydawnictwo Morskie 1993
- My z Napoleonem Andrzej Nieuważny Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 1999, page 35
- Bideleux, Robert; Jeffries, Ian (2007). A history of Eastern Europe (2 ed.). Routledge. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-415-36627-4.
(Davies 2005, p. 218)
Grab, Alexander I. (2003). Napoleon and the transformation of Europe. European history in perspective. p. 179. ISBN 0-333-68274-2.: "Shortly after his victories over Prussia, Napoleon invaded Prussian Poland. The emperor invited Dabrowski and Wybicki to appeal to the Polish people to revolt but made no commitment to support Polish independence. Wybicki and Dabrowski called on their countrymen to rise up. Many Poles supported the proclamation and welcomed the French. An insurrection quickly liberated western Poland from Prussian rule. In early November 1806, Marshal Davout seized Poznan and soon Dabrowski entered the city. He ordered conscription and assembled an army of 30,000 men. On 2 January 1807, Napoleon triumphantly entered Warsaw. Aware of the enormous power of the Polish nobility, Napoleon intended to acquire its support rather than rely solely on the masses. Indeed, rallying the Polish nobility around his rule was a major characteristic of the Napoleonic government in Poland. For the time being, the Emperor delayed his decision on the establishment of a Polish state. He did set up a provisional government, however, to organize the war effort and run the Polish areas conquered from Prussia."
Nafziger, George F.; Wesolowski, Mariusz T.; Devoe, Tom (1991). The Poles and Saxons during the Napoleonic Wars. Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series. pp. 3–4, 6. ISBN 0-9626655-2-5.: " After western Poland was liberated from Prussian rule in 1806, General Dombrowski was recalled from Italian service and directed to establish the new Polish army. He began on 16 November 1806. On 29 November, Napoleon directed him to form eight regiments of infantry, each with two bataillons. Four were to be raised in Posen, four in Kalisz. The Posen (Dombrowski) legion. Regiment 1st Colonel A. Sulkowski Major S. Jakubowski" - Działania militarne na Pomorzu Wiesław Wróblewski, Akademia Obrony Narodowej. Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny, Poland. Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej. Departament Systemu Obronnego – 2001, page 161
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External links
- Images of the battle and excerpts from Nettelbeck's diary at Dansk Militærhistorisk Selskab - Chakoten (Danish/German)
- Image gallery: remains of Wolfsberg sconce
- Media related to Siege of Kolberg (1807) at Wikimedia Commons
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