The Battle of Kulm was fought near the town Kulm and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. A French corps under General
The War of the Sixth Coalition, sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation saw a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and a number of
Battle of Kulm
…the town Kulm (Czech: Chlumec) and the village Přestanov (then called Priesten) in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. A French corps under General Dominique Vandamme attacked Alexander Osterman-Tolstoy's Russian corps on 29 August. The next day, Friedrich von Kleist's…
War of the sixth coalition
Strategic situation in Europe in 1813
The Battle of Hanau by Horace Vernet, 1824. Napoleon defeated a Bavarian force and their Austrian allies under Marshal Wrede at the Battle of Hanau in late October 1813.