Siege of Magdeburg (1806)

Siege of Magdeburg
	Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
	; Capitulation of Magdeburg, 8 November 1806; by Théophile-Auguste Vauchelet, 1837
Date	25 October – 8 November 1806
Location	Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia52°08′00″N 11°37′00″E / 52.1333°N 11.6167°E
Result	French victory:; surrender of the Prussian garrison,; capture of Prussia's second-largest city on 11 November 1806.;
Belligerents
French Empire	Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Michel Ney	Franz von Kleist
Strength
16,000–25,000 men	24,000–25,000 men; 700 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
Light	Entire garrison and 20 generals POW; 54 flags, 700 artillery captured

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The siege of Magdeburg (French: Siège de Magdebourg) took place from 25 October to 8 November 1806 during the War of the Fourth Coalition. A French force, initially under the command of Marshal Joachim Murat, then a French army Corps under the command of Marshal Michel Ney laid siege and eventually obtained the surrender of Franz Kasimir von Kleist's Prussian force that had taken refuge in Magdeburg, Prussia's second city.