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The Battle of Friedland was the decisive engagement of the War of the Fourth Coalition during the Napoleonic Wars between the French Grande Armée commanded by Napoleon I and a Russian Army commanded by Bennigsen. It was fought on 14 June 1807 at Friedland about 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Königsberg (present-day Kalingrad) in Eastern Prussia.
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Battle of Friedland | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Napoleon I | Levin August von Bennigsen | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
80,000 men 118 cannons |
60,000 men 120 cannons | ||||||
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8,000 killed and wounded | 20,000 killed and wounded |
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