Siege of Besançon (1814)
| Siege of Besançon (1814) | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Austria | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alois of Liechtenstein |
Jacob François Marulaz Gabriel Laffaille | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
242 killed >500 wounded 80 captured | ||||||
The siege of Besançon was an event during the War of the Sixth Coalition, which occurred in 1814 in Besançon (Franche-Comté), France. The First French Empire, commanded by Napoleon I, engaged in battles with a number of European powers in the early 1800s.