Siege of Graudenz
Part of theWar of the Fourth Coalition
Map of the siege of Graudenz in 1807
Date 22 January[1] – 11 December 1807 Location Graudenz, Prussian Partition of Poland (nowGrudziądz, Poland) 53°29′33″N18°46′34″E / 53.49250°N 18.77611°E /53.49250; 18.77611 Result Prussian victory[1]
Belligerents
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 Schäffer von Bernstein Georg Friedrich August von Polenz	Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière
Strength
Variable 7,000[1]	4,500[1]–5,709 men[2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	761 dead 88 captured 53 missing 826 deserted [2]

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Thesiege of Graudenz orsiege of Grudziądz was a siege during theNapoleonic Wars between 22 January and 11 December, 1807. As part of theWar of the Fourth Coalition thePrussianfortress at Graudenz inWest Prussia in the Prussian Partition of Poland (nowGrudziądz, Poland) was besieged by forces of theFrench Empire and its allies. The garrison, commanded by GeneralWilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière, withheld blockade and siege for some 11 months, long past the formalPeace of Tilsit. The French abandoned the siege after the borders between Prussia and the newDuchy of Warsaw were defined; Graudenz/Grudziądz staying a Prussian possession until Poland regained independence afterWorld War I.

The Polish 2nd, 4th and 7th Infantry Regiments took part in the battle on the side of Napoleon.^[3]

• Battle of Grudziądz
• Battle of Grudziądz (1659)

• Bodart, Gaston (1908).Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905) (in German). Retrieved23 June 2021.
• Fischer, Paul (1907).Feste Graudienz 1807 unter Gouverneur de Courbiere - Geschichte der Blockade und Belagerung(PDF) (in German). Graudenz: Verlag Arnold Kriedte.

• Media related toSiege of Graudenz at Wikimedia Commons

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