Napoleonic Battles- Tyler Kellgren by Tyler Kellgren https://padlet.com/kellgrentyler/zyopinduxyzamj6l en-us 2023-03-17 12:32:46 UTC 2023-03-22 16:48:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Battle of Friedland, June 14, 1807 kellgrentyler https://padlet.com/kellgrentyler/zyopinduxyzamj6l/wish/2527232281 Date and Location:
June 14, 1807 
Friedland, Prussia
Combatants:
France and Russia
Combatants Strength:
France-80,000 troops
Russia-26,000 troops
Combatant Leaders:
Napoleon I and Count von Bennigsen
Combatant Losses:
France- 10,000 men
Russia- 6,000 men
Significance:
“Napoleon's overwhelming victory was enough to convince the Russian political establishment that peace was necessary. Friedland effectively ended the War of the Fourth Coalition, as Emperor Alexander I reluctantly entered peace negotiations with Napoleon.”
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Friedland-1807

https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/battles/1807/PolishCampaign/Friedland/c_senarmont.html
]]> 2023-03-22 14:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kellgrentyler/zyopinduxyzamj6l/wish/2527232281 Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815 kellgrentyler https://padlet.com/kellgrentyler/zyopinduxyzamj6l/wish/2527235079 Date and Location:
June 18, 1815, About 15 miles from Brussels in Waterloo, Belgium
Combatants:
France, Great Britain, and Prussia
Combatants Strength:
 Napoleon's 72,000 French troops, the Duke of Wellington's army of 68,000 aided by 45,000 Prussians under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Combatant Leaders:
Napoleon, Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Blücher.
Combatant Losses:
 Close to 25,000 casualties on the French side and approximately 23,000 for the Allied army
Significance:
“The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon's imperial power forever.”
https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-waterloo

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Waterloo




]]> 2023-03-22 14:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kellgrentyler/zyopinduxyzamj6l/wish/2527235079 Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805 kellgrentyler https://padlet.com/kellgrentyler/zyopinduxyzamj6l/wish/2527237847 Date and Location:
October 21, 1805 - Cape Trafalgar, Spain
Combatants:
The British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies
Combatants Strength:
British- 27 ships, 2,148 cannons, and 17,000 crewmen
French/Spanish- 33 ships, 2,632 cannons, 30,000 men
Combatant Leaders:
Admiral Horatio Nelson led the British fleet and Admiral Pierre de Villeneuve led a fleet of French and Spanish ships
Combatant Losses:
About 1,500 British seamen were killed or wounded. In the Spanish and French fleets, 14,000 men were lost.
Significance:
“The Battle of Trafalgar was important because it established British naval supremacy for more than 100 years. The battle also shattered Napoleon's plans to invade England.”
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Trafalgar-European-history

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/battle-of-trafalgar#:~:text=The%20Battle%20of%20Trafalgar%20is,and%20died%20during%20the%20battle.




]]> 2023-03-22 14:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kellgrentyler/zyopinduxyzamj6l/wish/2527237847 Battle of Leipzig, October 16-19, 1813 kellgrentyler https://padlet.com/kellgrentyler/zyopinduxyzamj6l/wish/2527244424 Date and Location:
October 16-19, 1813 - Saxony, Germany
Combatants:
 Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia defeated France
Combatants Strength:
Russians, Prussians, Swedes, and Austrians brought 370,000 troops and 1,384 guns to the battlefield, whereas Napoleon’s army stood at 198,000 men with 717 guns.
Combatant Leaders:
Tsar Alexander I, Karl von Schwarzenberg, Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Karl Philipp Schwarzenberg, General Gebhard Leberecht Blücher, General Leonty Leontyevich Bennigsen, and the Swedish crown prince Jean Bernadotte
Combatant Losses:
The French also lost 38,000 men killed and wounded. Allied losses totaled 55,000 men.
Significance:
“Battle of Leipzig, also called Battle of the Nations, (Oct. 16–19, 1813), decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland.”
Battle of Leipzig | European history | Britannica
Battle of Leipzig - HISTORY




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