Battle of Arnhem
Battle of Arnhem was a battle fought in 1813 at Arnhem, in what is now Netherlands. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition, which ran from 1813 to 1814. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 against 10,000.
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Siege of Arnhem River Rhine Fortification of Arnhem. C. Mare in Berlin., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons .
Fought 1813
Where Arnhem, Netherlands 51.983N, 5.917E
Outcome Prussian victory
Belligerents France against Prussia
Casualties and losses 1,500 killed, wounded, or captured; 14–15 guns lost and 600–700 killed, wounded, or captured
Where it sits in the War of the Sixth Coalition German campaign of 1813, 1813 Siege of Danzig, 1813 Battle of Arnhem, 1813 Siege of Erfurt, 1813 Battle of Berlin (1813), 1813 Battle of Möckern, 1813 Battle of Lützen, 1813 Battle of Halle, 1813 Battle of Bautzen, 1813 Battle of Reichenbach, 1813 Battle of Haynau, 1813 Battle of Halberstadt, 1813 Battle of Luckau, 1813 Italian campaign, 1813 Battle of Großbeeren, 1813 Battle of Dresden, 1813 Battle of Katzbach, 1813 Battle of Kulm, 1813 Battle of Dennewitz, 1813 Battle of Feistritz, 1813 Siege of Magdeburg, 1813 Battle of the Göhrde, 1813 Göhrdeschlacht, 1813 Battle of Altenburg, 1813 Raid at Altenburg, 1813 Battle of Wartenburg, 1813 Battle of Leipzig, 1813 Battle of Hanau, 1813 Siege of Venice, 1813 Siege of Deventer, 1813 Siege of Delfzijl, 1813 Battle of Caldiero, 1813 Siege of Mainz, 1813 Battle of Boden, 1813 Battle of Bornhöved, 1813 Battle of Sehested, 1813 Siege of Breda, 1813 Battle of Mâcon, 1814 Siege of Juliers, 1814 Siege of Metz, 1814 Battle of Hoogstraten, 1814 Battle of Épinal, 1814 First Battle of Bar-sur-Aube, 1814 Battle of Saint-Dizier (January 1814), 1814 Battle of Brienne, 1814 Battle of La Rothière, 1814 Battle of Lesmont, 1814 Battle of the Mincio River, 1814 Battle of Champaubert, 1814 Battle of Montmirail, 1814 Battle of Château-Thierry, 1814 Battle of Vauchamps, 1814 Battle of Mormans, 1814 Battle of Montereau, 1814 Battle of Bar-sur-Aube, 1814 Battle of Gué-à-Tresmes, 1814 1814 campaign in France, 1814 Battle of Saint-Julien, 1814 Siege of Soissons, 1814 Battle of Craonne, 1814 Battle of Laon, 1814 Battle of Reims, 1814 Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, 1814 Battle of Limonest, 1814 Battle of Fère-Champenoise, 1814 Capture of La Spezia, 1814 Battle of Lerici, 1814 Battle of Saint-Dizier, 1814 Siege of the Santa Maria Fortress, 1814 Battle of Paris, 1814 Battle of Courtrai, 1814 Siege of Genoa, 1814 Battle of Taro, 1814 1813 1814 Battle of Arnhem, 1813 73 placed engagements of the War of the Sixth Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 1813 (year precision) Place Arnhem, Netherlands51.983N, 5.917E Kind Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic Strength 4,000 10,000 Casualties and losses 1,500 killed, wounded, or captured; 14–15 guns lost 600–700 killed, wounded, or captured Commanders Henri François Marie Charpentier Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow
Battle of Arnhem Battle of Arnhem Liberation of Arnhem Battle of Arnhem Siege of IJsseloord Siege of Vredenburg Siege of Huissen Siege of Vredenburg Amsterdam Brussels The Hague Rotterdam Cologne Antwerpen Düsseldorf Haarlem 100 km 51.983N, 5.917E The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Nearest engagements
Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 1502 and 1945.
Battle of Arnhem is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 277 in present-day Netherlands.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q25185008 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Arnhem (1813) , revision 1370107001, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.
