Date and place
- May 2nd, 1813 near Lützen, eighteen kilometers southwest of Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Involved forces
- French army (120,000 men) under Emperor Napoleon the First.
- Prussian and Russian armies (73,000 men) under Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and Count Ludwig Adolf Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg.
Map of the battle of Lützen - Positions at noon
Map of the battle of Lützen - Positions at 16:15
Picture - "Napoleon the First at the Battle of Lützen, May 2nd, 1813". Painted by Louis-François Couche.
