Battle of Großbeeren

Battle of Großbeeren
	Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
	; Rain having rendered small arms fire impossible, Saxon infantry (left) use musket butts and bayonets to defend a churchyard against a Prussian onslaught
Date	23 August 1813
Location	Großbeeren, south of Berlin52°21′00″N 13°18′00″E / 52.35000001°N 13.30000001°E
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
Prussia; Russia; Sweden	France; Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Charles John; Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow;	Jean Reynier; Nicolas Oudinot;
Units involved
III Corps	VII Corps
Strength
32,000	18,000
Casualties and losses
1,800; 6 guns	3,200; 14 guns
	Location within Europe

War of the Sixth Coalition:
German campaign

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The Battle of Großbeeren occurred on 23 August 1813 in neighboring Blankenfelde and Sputendorf between the Prussian III Corps under Friedrich von Bülow and the Franco-Saxon VII Corps under Jean Reynier. Napoleon had hoped to drive the Prussians out of the Sixth Coalition by capturing their capital, but the swamps south of Berlin combined with rain and marshal Nicolas Oudinot's ill health all contributed to the French defeat.