Siege of Mainz (1814)

Siege of Mainz (1814)
Part of the German campaign of the Sixth Coalition

French soldiers fell ill with typhus.
Date3 January – 4 May 1814
Location50°00′00″N 8°16′00″E / 50.00000°N 8.26667°E / 50.00000; 8.26667
Result Inconclusive, see Aftermath
Belligerents
First French Empire France Russian Empire Russia
Berg
Duchy of Nassau Nassau
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire Charles Morand
First French Empire Armand Charles Guilleminot
First French Empire Jean-Baptiste Pierre de Semellé
Russian Empire Louis Alexandre de Langeron
Duchy of Nassau Ernest III
Strength
31,000
46 guns
30,000
Casualties and losses
19,000 Unknown
Siege of Mainz (1814) is located in Europe
Siege of Mainz (1814)
Location within Europe

The siege of Mainz (3 January – 4 May 1814) saw an Imperial French corps under Charles Antoine Morand besieged in Mainz Fortress by an Imperial Russian corps led by Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron. When the Russians left in February 1814, they were replaced by the V German Corps, led by Duke Ernest of Saxe-Coburg and made up of the soldiers from the County of Nassau, the Duchy of Berg and several other minor German states. The French were far too strong for the Allies to directly attack the fortress. However, an outbreak of typhus ravaged the city. Despite the epidemic, Morand did not surrender the city until the news of Napoleon's abdication arrived.


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