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Battle of Leipzig
Part of the German campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition
Location
Result Coalition victory
Territorial
changes
French client states in Germany dissolved or granted independence
Belligerents

 France

Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Alexander I[note 3] First French Empire Napoleon I
French Revolutionary Wars
Part of the Coalition Wars
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Battles of:
Date20 April 1792 – 27 March 1802
Location
Result
French Revolutionary victory
Belligerents
First Coalition (1792–1797)
France and Allies
Others
Haitian Revolutionaries (until 1793)[note 5]
Second Coalition (1798–1802)
France and Allies  Spain League of Armed Neutrality

Others
 United States (until 1800)
Commanders and leaders

United States John Adams
Napoleonic Wars
Part of the Coalition Wars
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Battles of:
Date18 May 1803 – July 1815
Location
Result
Coalition victory
Belligerents
Coalition against Napoleon
France and Allies
Other Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Map
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5
Wavre
5 Battle of Wavre from 18 to 19 June 1815
5 Battle of Wavre from 18 to 19 June 1815
4
Waterloo
4 Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815
4 Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815
2
Ligny
2 Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815
2 Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815
1
Quatre Bras
1 Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815
1 Battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815
  Napoleon in command
  Napoleon not in command

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Defected to the Allies on 18 October
  2. ^ The only British force at Leipzig consisted of around 200 men of the Rocket Brigade attached to the Army of the North. Its commander, Captain Richard Bogue, was killed in action during the assault on Paunsdorf.
  3. ^ Nominal Supreme Commander. Schwarzenberg was the de facto Commander-in-Chief.
  4. ^ Two corps of the Young Guard (Oudinot and Mortier), one Guard Cavalry corps (Nansouty) and several divisions of Guard artillery and Old Guard infantry, all under Napoleon's direct command.
  5. ^ The Haitian slave rebels initially offered their services to the Spanish, but after the National Convention officially abolished slavery, most declared their loyalty to the French Republic and fought against the Spanish and British until 1798, when the Haitian Revolution developed into a civil war.