List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition
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This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition (9 October 1806 – 9 July 1807). It can be divided into several campaigns:
- the Jena campaign in modern-day Thuringia (9–14 October 1806);
- the post-Jena or Prenzlau-Lübeck campaign in Brandenburg and Pomerania (October–November 1806); various sieges resulting from this offensive continued until August 1807;
- the Eylau campaign in the eastern provinces of Prussia (23 December 1806 – 8 February 1807);
- the Friedland campaign in the eastern provinces of Prussia (16 February 1807 – 14 June 1807).
Some battles overlapped with the Franco-Swedish War. Excluded is the Gunboat War.
Date | Battle | Front | French forces | Coalition forces | Notes |
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9 October 1806 | Battle of Schleiz | Thuringia Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Saxony | French victory |
10 October 1806 | Battle of Saalfeld | Thuringia Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Saxony | French victory |
14 October 1806 | Battle of Jena–Auerstedt | Thuringia Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Saxony | French key victory |
16 October 1806 | Capitulation of Erfurt | Thuringia Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
17 October 1806 | Battle of Halle | Brandenburg Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
25 October – 8 November 1806 | Siege of Magdeburg (1806) | Brandenburg Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
27 October 1806 | Fall of Berlin (1806) | Brandenburg Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
28 October 1806 | Battle of Prenzlau | Brandenburg Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
29 October 1806 | Capitulation of Pasewalk | Pr. Pomerania Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
29–30 October 1806 | Capitulation of Stettin | Pr. Pomerania Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
1 November 1806 | Battle of Waren-Nossentin | Meckl.-Schwerin Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | Coalition victory |
3 November – 3 December 1806 | Greater Poland uprising (1806) | South Prussia Post-Jena | First French Empire Polish rebels | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
6 November 1806 | Battle of Lübeck | Free Lübeck Post-Jena | First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Sweden | French victory |
7–22 November 1806 | Siege of Hamelin | Hanover Post-Jena | First French Empire Kingdom of Holland | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
23 December 1806 | Battle of Czarnowo | New East Prussia | First French Empire | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
26 December 1806 | Battle of Pułtusk (1806) | New East Prussia | First French Empire Kingdom of Bavaria | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
26 December 1806 | Battle of Golymin | New East Prussia | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
22 January – 11 December 1807 | Siege of Graudenz | West Prussia | First French Empire Gr. Duchy of Hesse Electorate of Saxony | Kingdom of Prussia | Coalition victory |
25 January 1807 | Battle of Mohrungen | East Prussia | First French Empire | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
3 February 1807 | Battle of Allenstein | East Prussia | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
7–8 February 1807 | Battle of Eylau | Pr. Pomerania | First French Empire | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia | Indecisive |
16 February 1807 | Battle of Ostrołęka (1807) | New East Prussia | First French Empire | Russian Empire | French victory |
19 February 1807 | Conquest of Stolp [de] | Pr. Pomerania | Polish rebels | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
19 March – 24 May 1807 | Siege of Danzig (1807) | West Prussia | First French Empire Kingdom of Saxony Polish Legions Napoleonic Italy Gr. Duchy of Baden | Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire United Kingdom | French victory |
20 March – 2 July 1807 | Siege of Kolberg (1807) | Pr. Pomerania | First French Empire
| Kingdom of Prussia Naval support: Kingdom of Sweden United Kingdom | Indecisive |
1–3 April 1807 | Great Sortie of Stralsund | Sw. Pomerania | First French Empire Kingdom of Holland | Kingdom of Sweden | Coalition victory |
16 April 1807 | Battle of Belling | Sw. Pomerania | First French Empire | Kingdom of Sweden | French victory |
5–6 June 1807 | Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen | East Prussia | First French Empire | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia | Coalition tactical victory French strategic victory |
10 June 1807 | Battle of Heilsberg | East Prussia | First French Empire | Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia | Indecisive |
14 June 1807 | Battle of Friedland | East Prussia | First French Empire Kingdom of Saxony[5] | Russian Empire | French key victory Treaties of Tilsit |
24 July – 24 August 1807 | Siege of Stralsund (1807) | Sw. Pomerania | First French Empire | Kingdom of Sweden | French key victory Sw. Pomerania French |
See also
- List of battles of the War of the First Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition
- List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition
- List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition)
References
- ^ a b Wörner 2004, p. 15.
- ^ Erkenbrecher 1998, p. 15.
- ^ Burgdorf 2006, p. 58.
- ^ a b c Lilienstern 2008.
- ^ Everson, Robert E. (2014). Marshal Jean Lannes In The Battles Of Saalfeld, Pultusk, And Friedland, 1806 To 1807: The Application Of Combined Arms In The Opening Battle. Pickle Partners Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 978-1782899037. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
When the Prussians were beaten and Napoleon gave Saxony their autonomy as a kingdom, the Saxons allied themselves with the French. (...) The Saxons also had a small division with two brigades, two cavalry regiments and two foot batteries in the French reserve Corps at Friedland.
Sources
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