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Boden
Battle Name : Boden
Date(s) : 04 December 1813
Part of : The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , Napoleon's Leipzig Campaign ,
Outcome : A victory for Allied Forces over French Allies [Danes]
Type of battle : Land
Summary
What began with an Allied reconnaissance in force ended in chaos in fog. The Danes withdrew towards the fortress of Rendsberg in the faced of numerically larger enemy. The Allies [two battalions of the Russo-German Legion] fired on one another.
Location
A village [now Gross-Boden] in northern Germany between Hamburg and Lübeck. (Germany)
Casualty figures
French Allies [Danes]
- Number engaged :
- 4,000
- Casualties :
- 22 (0.55%)
Allied Forces
- Number engaged :
- 6,000
- Casualties :
- 100 (1.67%)
