1813 siege during the War of the Sixth Coalition
The siege of Dresden was a siege during the German campaign of 1813 of the War of the Sixth Coalition.
Background.
After the Battle of Dresden, Napoleon had ordered Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr, commanding XIV Corps, to garrison Dresden.
Siege.
After the French defeat at the Battle of Leipzig the garrison of Dresden was cut off and eventually besieged by the Russian Corps commanded by Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy which was joined on 26 October by the Austrian IV Corps commanded by Johann von Klenau .
Surrender.
Saint-Cyr surrendered to Klenau on 11 November 1813. Alongside Saint-Cyr; 11 Divisional Generals, 19 Brigade Generals, 1,759 officers and 33,744 men were captured as well as 94 guns.
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