Battle of the Katzbach
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The Battle of the Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was a major battle of the Napoleonic Wars between the forces of the First French Empire under Marshal MacDonald and a Russo-Prussian army of the Sixth Coa
Battle of the Katzbach by Eduard Kaempffer
Battle of Katzbach by Klein. Prussian troops force the French into the river.
Museum of the battle, located in the village of Dunino.
Memorial stone; it reads, in German, "Here the French crossed the Raging Neisse and were repulsed, many of them drowning in the flooding river."
Battle of Dresden
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The Battle of Dresden was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle took place around the city of Dresden in modern-day Germany, then the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony. With the recent
Battle of the Katzbach
…during a heavy thunderstorm at the Katzbach river between Wahlstatt and Liegnitz in the Prussian province of Silesia. Taking place the same day as the Battle of Dresden, it resulted in a Coalition victory, with the French retreating to Saxony. Blücher ordered the Army of Silesia to advance on 13 August, before the Truce…
Battle of Dresden by Carle Vernet and Jacques François Swebach
Situation on 27 August. The blacks are French, the greens are Russians, the blues are Prussians and the reds are Austrians.
French cavalry attack in the Battle of Dresden on 27 Aug.
French cavalry attack in the battle