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Glatz
Battle Name : Glatz
Date(s) : 20 June 1807 - 24 June 1807
Part of : The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , French War of the Fourth Coalition , Napoleon's Eylau-Friedland Campaign ,
Outcome : A victory for French Forces [Grande Armee] over Prussian Garrison
Type of battle : Land
Summary
The fortified town was stormed by the Bavarian and Württemberg troops of Vandamme's X Corps. The defenders were mainly second rate troops stragglers, invalids, miners, and sappers boosted by 600 men of the Schützen companies and 850 cavalry. The French were successful in taking the town without paying too high a price for it. News of the armistice [ratified 23 June] had not reached these combattants.
Location
A fortified town [now Klodzko] in Prussian Silesia [now Poland] about 50 miles south of Breslau [now Wroclaw] (Poland)
Casualty figures
French Forces [Grande Armee]
- Number engaged :
- 5,000
- Casualties :
- 350 (7.00%)
Prussian Garrison
- Number engaged :
- 6,570
- Casualties :
- 839 (12.77%)
