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Battle Of Ltzen (1813) | | | Battle of Ltzen | | Date of battle | May 2, 1813 | | Conflict | Napoleonic Empire Wars | | Site of battle | Near Ltzen, southwest of Leipzig, Germany | | Combatant 1 | France | | Commanders | Napoleon I of France General Jacques Lauriston Michel Ney Nicolas Oudinot Auguste Marmont | | Strength | 120,000 troops, no cavalry | | Combatant 2 | Prussia, Russia | | Commanders | Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg, Gebhard von Blcher | | Strength | 73,000 troops | Result | French repulsed the pursuing army | | Casualties | (1): 22,000 (2): 20,000 | This Battle of Ltzen happened as Napoleon's army was on the way home from its Russian disaster. On May 2, 1813, Wittgenstein attacked Napoleon's advanced column near Ltzen to undo Napoleon's capture of Leipzig. After a day of heavy fighting, the combined Prussian and Russian force retreated, but without cavalry the French were unable to follow their defeated enemy. See also Ltzen
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