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Battle of Heilsberg
The Battle of Heilsberg took place on 10 June 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Overview.
On 24 May 1807, the Siege of Danzig ended when Prussian General Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth capitulated to French Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre. With Danzig (modern day Gdańsk) secured, Napoleon was now free to turn against Bennigsen's army. Yet it was the Russian who struck first when he ordered his columns to converge on Marshal Michel Ney's exposed VI Corps on 2 June. Outnumbered 63,000
of the Dardanelles 10 May–11 – Ottoman fleet fails to break the Russian blockade of Istanbul
- Battle of Heilsberg 10 June – Napoleon repulses Russian attack
- Battle of Friedland 14 June – French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen. End of war of fourth coalition.
- Battle of Athos 19–29 June – Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Ottoman fleet in Aegean
- Second Battle of Copenhagen 2 September-7 – British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart capture Danish fleet
- 1808