Battle of Dresden

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Napoleonic Wars. Result: French victory.

A number of major battles occurred during the last week of August, 1813, as the allies struggled to liberate Saxony from the French. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow defeated Marshal Nicolas Charles Oudinot at Grossbeeren (August 23). Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher defeated Marshal Jacques-Étienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald at the Kaczawa (August 26). General Dominique Joseph René Vandamme defeated Duke Eugen von Württemberg at Pirna (August...

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