Battle of Saalfeld

Battle of Saalfeld
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
The death of Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, by Peter Edward Stroehling
Date 10 October 1806[1] Location Saalfeld, Germany 50°39′00″N 11°22′01″E / 50.6500°N 11.3669°E / 50.6500; 11.3669 Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
French Empire	Prussia Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Jean Lannes Claude Victor-Perrin Louis Gabriel Suchet Pierre Augereau	Prince Louis Ferdinand †
Strength
12,000[1]–12,800 men[2][3] 12 guns[2]	8,300[2]–9,000[1] 44 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
172[3]–200[2][1] killed or wounded	900 killed or wounded[3] 1,800 captured[3] 33 guns (15 Prussian, 18 Saxon)[2]

War of the Fourth Coalition

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The Battle of Saalfeld took place on 10 October 1806, at which a French force of 12,800 men commanded by Marshal Jean Lannes defeated a Prussian-Saxon force of 8,300 men under Prince Louis Ferdinand. The battle took place in Thuringia in what was the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The battle was the second clash in the Prussian Campaign of the War of the Fourth Coalition.