Battle of Heilsberg

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Battle of Heilsberg
Part of the Napoleonic Wars
Date June 10, 1807
Location Heilsberg, East Prussia
Result French victory
Combatants
France Russia
Commanders
Joachim Murat General Bennigsen
Strength
220,000[1] 115,000[1]
Casualties
10,600[1] 8,000[1]
War of the Fourth Coalition
Maida – Saalfeld – Jena-Auerstadt – Golymin – Pułtusk – Eylau – Danzig – Heilsberg – Friedland

The Battle of Heilsberg took place in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars.

At Heilsberg (an East Prussian town), on 10 June 1807 (four days before the decisive Battle of Friedland in the War of the Fourth Coalition), a battle was fought between the French and the Russians. The French army, under Marshals Murat and Lannes, attacked the Russian army, under General Bennigsen, which held strong defensive positions in the town. Benigsen repelled several attacks, resulting in huge French casualties, but had to withdraw towards Friedland the following day.

Heilsberg is now in Poland and is now known as Lidzbark Warmiński.




  1. ^ a b c d Chandler, D. Dictionary of the Napoleonic wars. Wordsworth editions, 1999. pgs.195-196.

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