Battle of Halle (1813)
| Battle of Halle | |||||||
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| Part of Napoleonic Wars, German campaign of 1813 and War of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
Battle of Halle on May 2, 1813 (Richard Knötel, c. 1901) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| First French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Donatien de Rochambeau | Friedrich Wilhelm v. Bülow | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 | 4,500–7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 400–700 | 150–232 | ||||||
Location within Germany | |||||||
The Battle of Halle was a spring campaign battle of the German War of Liberation, which took place on 2 May 1813, at Halle on the Saale River in Germany. In this battle, a mobile corps of Prussian army of 4,500 men under the command of General Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow won against the garrison of the French Imperial army at Halle, taking 432 prisoners and 3 cannons.