War & Conflict29 August 1813

Battle of Kulm

The Battle of Kulm was fought near the town Kulm (Czech: Chlumec) and the village Přestanov (then called Priesten) in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. A French corps under General Dominique Vandamme attacked Alexander Osterman-Tolstoy's Russian corps on 29 August.

Gallery

Battle of Kulm by Kotsebu — Alexander von KotzebuePublic domainWikimedia Commons

Kulm — Vasiliy Fiodorovich Timm (1820-1895).Public domainWikimedia Commons

83768 original — Рехлин, КарлPublic domainWikimedia Commons

Alexander Graf Ostermann Tolstoi (cca 1910) — UnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons

Alison's history of Europe atlas 1850 (92104526) — Alexander Keith JohnstonPublic domainWikimedia Commons

Battle of Gissgubel — Bogdan WillewaldePublic domainWikimedia Commons

Bitva u Chlumce 1813, Atlas der Schlachten, Treffen u. Belagerungen — UnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons

Bitva u Chlumce 1813, pruský král velí dragounům k útoku (dle Weibezahla) — UnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons

Bitva u Chlumce 1813, scéna z bitvy (čb repro dle Hofbauera) — UnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons

Key figures

Dominique Vandamme

Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy

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