Siege of Graudenz

The Siege of Graudenz 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 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 staying a Prussian possession until after World War I.

Siege of Graudenz
Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
Date 22 January – 11 December, 1807 Location Graudenz, Prussia Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
First French Empire  Grand Duchy of Hesse  Electorate of Saxony Polish insurgents	Kingdom of Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Marie François Rouyer Claude Victor-Perrin Johann Georg von Schäffer-Bernstein Georg Friedrich August von Polenz	Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière
Strength
variable	5,709 men[1]
Casualties and losses
	761 dead 88 captured 53 missing 826 deserted [1]

See also

• Battle of Grudziądz
• Battle of Grudziądz (1659)

Footnotes

1. Fischer, p. 54

Sources

• Fischer, Paul (1907). Feste Graudienz 1807 unter Gouverneur de Courbiere - Geschichte der Blockade und Belagerung (PDF) (in German). Graudenz: Verlag Arnold Kriedte.