Battle of Kaczawa

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The Battle of Kaczawa was a significant 1813 engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which Prussian and Russian forces under Blücher defeated Napoleon’s marshal MacDonald in Silesia.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Katzbach
belligerent French army of Marshal MacDonald
Prussian–Russian coalition army
commanderSide Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher – Prussian–Russian coalition
Jacques MacDonald – French Empire
linked to: Jacques MacDonald
conflict War of the Sixth Coalition
country Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
date 1813
era Napoleonic era
hasCommander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Jacques MacDonald
hasLocation Kaczawa River
Silesia
hasParticipant First French Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire
militaryTheater Central European theater
namedAfter Kaczawa River
opponent French forces
Prussian forces
Russian forces
partOf Napoleonic Wars
region Lower Silesia
result Coalition victory
defeat of Marshal MacDonald
significance checked French operations in Silesia
strengthened Blücher’s position in the coalition armies
temporalContext War of the Sixth Coalition 1813 campaign

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Battle of Katzbach alsoKnownAs Battle of Kaczawa