Battle of Leipzig

Battle of Leipzig

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* {{flag|Sweden|naval}}
* {{flag|Sweden|naval}}
* {{flagicon|Mecklenburg-Schwerin}} [[Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
* {{flagicon|Mecklenburg-Schwerin}} [[Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Saxony|1806}}{{efn|Saxony and Württemberg defected to the allies on 18 October|name=defection}} (from 18 October)
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Saxony|1806}} Saxon army{{efn|The Saxon army and Württemberg defected to the allies on 18 October|name=defection}} (from 18 October)
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Württemberg|1803}}{{efn|name=defection}} (from 18 October)
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Württemberg|1803}}{{efn|name=defection}} (from 18 October)
* {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}{{efn|200 of the [[O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse Artillery|Rocket Brigade]]{{sfn|Brett-James|1970|p=183}}}}
* {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}{{efn|200 of the [[O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse Artillery|Rocket Brigade]]{{sfn|Brett-James|1970|p=183}}}}
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* {{flagicon|Westphalia}} [[Kingdom of Westphalia|Westphalia]]
* {{flagicon|Westphalia}} [[Kingdom of Westphalia|Westphalia]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Naples|1811}} [[Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)|Naples]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Naples|1811}} [[Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)|Naples]]
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Saxony|1806}}{{efn|name=defection}} (until 18 October)
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Saxony|1806}}{{efn|name=the Saxon government remained to Napoleon while its army defected on 18 October}}
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Württemberg|1803}}{{efn|name=defection}} (until 18 October)
* {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Württemberg|1803}}{{efn|name=defection}} (until 18 October)
* {{flagcountry|Grand Duchy of Hesse}}
* {{flagcountry|Grand Duchy of Hesse}}
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of Poland (1807–1815).svg|link=Duchy of Warsaw}} [[Józef Poniatowski]]{{KIA}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Poland (1807–1815).svg|link=Duchy of Warsaw}} [[Józef Poniatowski]]{{KIA}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|link=Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)}} [[Joachim Murat]]{{efn|Commander of the Southern Sector}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|link=Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)}} [[Joachim Murat]]{{efn|Commander of the Southern Sector}}
{{flagicon|Kingdom of Saxony|1806}} [[Frederick Augustus I of Saxony|Frederick Augustus]] ([[Prisoner of war|POW]])
}}
}}
| strength1 = '''16–17 October:'''
257,000{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=922 ''(the strength of Schwarzenberg and Blücher)''}}
1,145 guns{{Cite web |title=Allied Order-of-Battle at Leipzig: 16–18 October 1813 |url=https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/battles/1813/CentralGermany/leipzig/c_leipzigoob.html |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=www.napoleon-series.org |publisher=The Waterloo Association |date=September 2004 |first=Stephen |last=Millar}}{{efn|The Army of the North and the Army of Poland, which were not on the battlefield, are subtracted.}}
| strength1 = '''16–17 October:'''
257,000{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=922 ''(the strength of Schwarzenberg and Blücher)''}}
1,145 guns{{Cite web |title=Allied Order-of-Battle at Leipzig: 16–18 October 1813 |url=https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/battles/1813/CentralGermany/leipzig/c_leipzigoob.html |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=www.napoleon-series.org |publisher=The Waterloo Association |date=September 2004 |first=Stephen |last=Millar}}{{efn|The Army of the North and the Army of Poland, which were not on the battlefield, are subtracted.}}