Battle of Hagelberg

Battle of Hagelberg
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition
Prussian Landwehr at Hagelberg by Richard Knötel
Date 27 August 1813 Location Hagelberg 52°08′N 12°32′E / 52.133°N 12.533°E / 52.133; 12.533 Result Coalition Victory
Belligerents
Prussia  Russia	France  Saxony  Westphalia
Commanders and leaders
Karl Friedrich von Hirschfeld Alexander Chernyshyov	Jean-Baptiste Girard (WIA) (POW)
Strength
11,310 11 guns[1]	8,900 23 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
1,759[1]	6,000 8 guns[1]

The 'Battle of Hagelberg (also: Battle of Lübnitz) took place on 27 August 1813, following the Battle of Grossbeeren and in the run-up to the Battle of Leipzig during the War of the Sixth Coalition. A Prussian force of mostly Landwehr militia, together with Russian Cossacks, destroyed a French, Saxon and Westphalian force of 8,900 men.