Siege of Graudenz

{{Short description|1807 siege during the War of the Fourth Coalition}} {{Use shortened footnotes|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Siege of Graudenz | partof = the War of the Fourth Coalition | image = Karte der Blokade und Belagerung der Festung Graudenz.jpg | image_size = | caption = Map of the siege of Graudenz in 1807 | date = 22 January{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=385}} – 11 December 1807 | place = Graudenz, Prussian Partition of Poland (now Grudziądz, Poland) | coordinates = {{coord|53|29|33|N|18|46|34|E|region:PL}} | result = Prussian victory{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=385}} | combatant1 = {{flagicon|First French Empire}} French Empire *{{flag|Grand Duchy of Hesse}} *{{flag|Electorate of Saxony}} *{{flagicon|Poland}} Polish insurgents | combatant2 = {{flag|Kingdom of Prussia|1803}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|First French Empire}} Marie François Rouyer {{flagicon|First French Empire}} Claude-Victor Perrin {{flagicon|Grand Duchy of Hesse}} Johann Georg Schäffer von Bernstein {{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} Georg Friedrich August von Polenz | commander2 = {{flagicon|Prussia|1803}} Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière | strength1 = Variable 7,000{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=385}} | strength2 = 4,500{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=385}}–5,709 men{{sfn|Fischer|1907|p=54}} | casualties1 = Unknown | casualties2 = 761 dead 88 captured 53 missing 826 deserted {{sfn|Fischer|1907|p=54}} | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Fourth Coalition|state=collapsed}} }} {{OSM Location map | coord = {{coord|52.7|15.5}} | zoom = 5 | float = right | nolabels = 1 | width = 304 | height = 180 | title = War of the Fourth Coalition | caption = {{legend|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#228833|current battle}}{{legend|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#4477aa|Napoleon not in command}}{{legend|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#aa3377|Napoleon in command}}

| label1 = | mark-coord1 = {{coord|50.58|11.82}} | mark-title1 = Battle of Schleiz on 9 October 1806

| label2 = | mark-coord2 = {{coord|50.65|11.37}} | mark-title2 = Battle of Saalfeld on 10 October 1806

| label3 = Jena–Auerstedt | mark-coord3 = {{coord|50.93|11.59}} | mark-title3 = Battle of Jena–Auerstedt on 14 October 1806 | label-pos3 = right | label-offset-y3 = -4 | shape-color3 = #aa3377 | label-color3 = #aa3377

| label4 = | mark-coord4 = {{coord|50.98|11.03}} | mark-title4 = Capitulation of Erfurt on 16 October 1806

| label5 = | mark-coord5 = {{coord|51.47|11.97}} | mark-title5 = Battle of Halle on 17 October 1806

| label6 = | mark-coord6 = {{coord|52.13|11.62}} | mark-title6 = Siege of Magdeburg (1806) from 25 October to 8 November 1806

| label7 = Berlin | mark-coord7 = {{coord|52.52|13.41}} | mark-title7 = Fall of Berlin (1806) on 27 October 1806 | shape-color7 = #aa3377 | label-color7 = #aa3377

| label8 = | mark-coord8 = {{coord|53.32|13.87}} | mark-title8 = Battle of Prenzlau on 28 October 1806

| label9 = | mark-coord9 = {{coord|53.5|14}} | mark-title9 = Capitulation of Pasewalk on 29 October 1806

| label10 = | mark-coord10 = {{coord|53.43|14.55}} | mark-title10 = Capitulation of Stettin from 29 to 30 October 1806

| label11 = | mark-coord11 = {{coord|53.52|12.68}} | mark-title11 = Battle of Waren-Nossentin on 1 November 1806

| label12 = | mark-coord12 = {{coord|53.87|10.69}} | mark-title12 = Battle of Lübeck on 6 November 1806

| label13 = | mark-coord13 = {{coord|52.1|9.37}} | mark-title13 = Siege of Hamelin from 7 to 22 November 1806

| label14 = | mark-coord14 = {{coord|52.48|20.77}} | mark-title14 = Battle of Czarnowo on 23 December 1806

| label15 = | mark-coord15 = {{coord|52.82|20.87}} | mark-title15 = Battle of Golymin on 26 December 1806

| label16 = | mark-coord16 = {{coord|52.72|21.1}} | mark-title16 = Battle of Pułtusk (1806) on 26 December 1806

| label17 = | mark-coord17 = {{coord|53.49|18.78}} | mark-title17 = Siege of Graudenz from 22 January to 11 December 1807 | label-color17 = #228833 | shape-color17 = #228833

| label18 = | mark-coord18 = {{coord|53.92|19.93}} | mark-title18 = Battle of Mohrungen on 25 January 1807

| label19 = | mark-coord19 = {{coord|53.78|20.48}} | mark-title19 = Battle of Allenstein on 3 February 1807

| label20 = Eylau | mark-coord20 = {{coord|54.4|20.63}} | mark-title20 = Battle of Eylau from 7 to 8 February 1807 | label-pos20 = left | label-offset-x20 = 2 | label-offset-y20 = -2 | shape-color20 = #aa3377 | label-color20 = #aa3377

| label21 = | mark-coord21 = {{coord|53.08|21.58}} | mark-title21 = Battle of Ostrołęka (1807) on 16 February 1807

| label22 = | mark-coord22 = {{coord|54.17|15.57}} | mark-title22 = Siege of Kolberg (1807) from 20 March to 2 July 1807

| label23 = | mark-coord23 = {{coord|54.37|18.63}} | mark-title23 = Siege of Danzig (1807) from 19 March to 24 May 1807

| label24 = | mark-coord24 = {{coord|54.31|13.08}} | mark-title24 = Great Sortie of Stralsund from 1 to 3 April 1807

| label25 = | mark-coord25 = {{coord|53.98|20.4}} | mark-title25 = Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen from 5 to 6 June 1807

| label26 = | mark-coord26 = {{coord|54.12|20.58}} | mark-title26 = Battle of Heilsberg on 10 June 1807

| label27 = Friedland | mark-coord27 = {{coord|54.45|21.02}} | mark-title27 = Battle of Friedland on 14 June 1807 | label-pos27 = top | label-offset-x27 = -5 | label-offset-y27 = 2 | shape-color27 = #aa3377 | label-color27 = #aa3377 }} The '''siege of Graudenz''' or '''siege of Grudziądz''' was a siege during the Napoleonic Wars between 22 January and 11 December, 1807. As part of the War of the Fourth Coalition the Prussian fortress at Graudenz in West Prussia in the Prussian Partition of Poland (now Grudziądz, Poland) was besieged by forces of the French Empire and its allies. The garrison, commanded by General Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière, withheld blockade and siege for some 11 months, long past the formal Peace of Tilsit. The French abandoned the siege after the borders between Prussia and the new Duchy of Warsaw were defined; Graudenz/Grudziądz staying a Prussian possession until Poland regained independence after World War I.

The Polish 2nd, 4th and 7th Infantry Regiments took part in the battle on the side of Napoleon.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gembarzewski|first=Bronisław|title=Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831|year=1925|language=pl|publisher=Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej|location=Warszawa|pages=53–55}}</ref>

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==References== * {{cite book | last=Bodart | first=Gaston | year=1908 | title=Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905) | lang=de | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_A0kNAAAAYAAJ | url-access=registration | access-date=23 June 2021}} *{{cite book | last=Fischer | year=1907 | first=Paul | title=Feste Graudienz 1807 unter Gouverneur de Courbiere - Geschichte der Blockade und Belagerung | publisher=Verlag Arnold Kriedte | location=Graudenz | url=https://kpbc.umk.pl/Content/216684/Gromadzenie_POPC_003_54_HD_009.pdf |lang=de}}

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