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Siege of Graudenz

Siege of Graudenz was a siege conducted on 22 January 1807 at Grudziądz, in what is now Poland; it lasted 11 months. It was part of the War of the Fourth Coalition, which ran from 1806 to 1807. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: Variable; 7,000 against 4,500–5,709 men.

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Fought22 January 1807lasted 11 months
WhereGrudziądz, Poland53.492N, 18.776E
OutcomePrussian victory
BelligerentsFrench Empire; Grand Duchy of Hesse; Electorate of Saxony; Polish insurgentsagainstKingdom of Prussia
Casualties and lossesUnknownand761 dead; 88 captured; 53 missing; 826 deserted
Part ofWar of the Fourth Coalition1806 to 1807

Where it sits in the War of the Fourth Coalition

Battle of Schleiz, 1806Battle of Saalfeld, 1806Battle of Auerstädt, 1806Capitulation of Erfurt, 1806Battle of Prenzlau, 1806Capitulation of Pasewalk, 1806Battle of Waren-Nossentin, 1806Battle of Lübeck, 1806Battle of Czarnowo, 1806Battle of Pułtusk, 1806Siege of Graudenz, 1807Battle of Mohrungen, 1807Battle of Allenstein, 1807Battle of Ostrołęka, 1807Siege of Kolberg, 1807Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen, 1807Battle of Heilsberg, 1807Battle of Friedland, 180718061807Siege of Graudenz, 1807
18 placed engagements of the War of the Fourth Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date22 January 1807
to 11 December 1807
PlaceGrudziądz, Poland
53.492N, 18.776E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
StrengthVariable; 7,0004,500–5,709 men
Casualties and lossesUnknown761 dead; 88 captured; 53 missing; 826 deserted
Commanders
  • Marie François Rouyer
  • Claude-Victor Perrin
  • Johann Georg von Schäffer-Bernstein
  • Georg Friedrich August von Polenz
  • Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière
Siege of GraudenzSiege of GraudenzBattle of GrudziądzBattle of BukowiecBattle of GniewBattle of KowalewemBattle of TrzcianaBattle of BukowiecBattle of GniewBattle of KowalewemBattle of TrzcianaGdańskKaliningradPoznańBydgoszczGdyniaElblągKoszalinInowrocław100 km53.492N, 18.776E
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map of the blockade and siege of the fortress of Graudenz in 1807
map of the blockade and siege of the fortress of Graudenz in 1807. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Siege of Graudenz is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 502 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q104858453, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Graudenz, revision 1370741585, 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.