Siege of Dresden (1813)
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Date10 October 1813 – 11 November 1813
Result
Austro-Russian victory
| Siege of Dresden (1813) | |||||||
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| Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Empire |
 Austria Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr |
Johann von Klenau Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 35,000 captured | |||||||
  Location within Europe | |||||||
The siege of Dresden was a siege during the German campaign of 1813 of the War of the Sixth Coalition.
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 .
