Siege of Breda (1813)

Siege of Breda
	Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
Date	19–22 December 1813
Location	Breda (present-day the Netherlands)51°34′59.999″N 4°46′59.999″E / 51.58333306°N 4.78333306°E
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
First French Empire	Sixth Coalition:; Russian Empire; United Netherlands; Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
François Roguet; Lefebvre-Desnouettes	General-Major van der Plaat ; General-Major Stahl; Major Von Colomb
Strength
12,000 infantry; 26 cannons	; Regiment of Phaff - 400 ; Breda militia - 500 ; ; 1,200 infantry; 4 cannons ; 2 squadrons hussars; 170 hussars; From 20 December; 9 cannons
	Location within Netherlands Siege of Breda (1813) (North Sea)

The siege of Breda took place from 19 to 22 December 1813 and was a small yet important engagement between French and allied troops in the Liberation Wars. Breda was abandoned by its garrison early in December and occupied by a Russian force. With Breda being the strategic link between the French garrisons of Gorinchem and Antwerp, and to hold control over the main road between Breda and Antwerp, the French began a counterattack. Meanwhile, Allied reinforcements were underway. After a scramble for the town and a three-day siege, the French withdrew back to Antwerp, and Breda became a distribution point for Allied troops and supplies.