War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.

Battle of Leipzig

1813 battle during the Napoleonic Wars

The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I, Karl von Schwarzenberg, and Gebhard von Blücher, decisively defeated…