Battle of Möckern

Battle of Möckern
	Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
	; Painting of the German artist Richard Knötel (1857-1914): Battle of Möckern
Date	5 April 1813
Location	Möckern, Prussia52°08′N 11°57′E / 52.14°N 11.95°E
Result	Prussian–Russian victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Prussia; Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Eugène de Beauharnais	Ludwig zu Wittgenstein
Strength
37,000 to 50,000 up to 46,000 infantrymen; up to 4,000 cavalrymen;	20,000 to 24,000 up to 19,000 infantrymen; up to 5,000 cavalrymen;
Casualties and losses
900 to 2,200 up to 1,200 dead and wounded; up to 1,000 captured;	500 to 600 dead and wounded
	Location within Europe

180km
112miles

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The Battle of Möckern (or Dannigkow) was a series of heavy clashes between allied Prusso-Russian troops under Wittgenstein and Napoleonic French forces south of Möckern. It occurred on 5 April 1813. It ended in a French defeat and formed the successful prelude to the "Liberation War" against Napoleon (the German name for the German theatre of the War of the Sixth Coalition).