Siege of Graudenz
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition

Map of the siege of Graudenz in 1807
Date22 January[1] – 11 December 1807
Location
Graudenz, Prussian Partition of Poland (now Grudziądz, Poland)
53°29′33″N 18°46′34″E / 53.49250°N 18.77611°E / 53.49250; 18.77611
Result Prussian victory[1]
Belligerents

First French Empire French Empire

  Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire Marie François Rouyer
First French Empire Claude Victor-Perrin
Grand Duchy of Hesse Johann Georg Schäffer von Bernstein
Electorate of Saxony Georg Friedrich August von Polenz		 Kingdom of Prussia Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière
Strength
variable
7,000[1]		 4,500[1]-5,709 men[2]
Casualties and losses
761 dead
88 captured
53 missing
826 deserted
[2]
War of the Fourth Coalition
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⬤ current battle
⬤ Napoleon not in command
⬤ Napoleon in command

The siege of Graudenz or siege of Grudziądz was a siege during the Napoleonic Wars between 22 January and 11 December, 1807. As part of the War of the Fourth Coalition the Prussian fortress at Graudenz in West Prussia in the Prussian Partition of Poland (now Grudziądz, Poland) was besieged by forces of the French Empire and its allies. The garrison, commanded by General Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière, withheld blockade and siege for some 11 months, long past the formal Peace of Tilsit. The French abandoned the siege after the borders between Prussia and the new Duchy of Warsaw were defined; Graudenz/Grudziądz staying a Prussian possession until Poland regained independence after World War I.

The Polish 2nd, 4th and 7th Infantry Regiments took part in the battle on the side of Napoleon.[3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bodart 1908, p. 385.
  2. 1 2 Fischer 1907, p. 54.
  3. ↑ Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. pp. 53–55.

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