Battle of Allenstein | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition | |||||||
![]() Infantry combat between French troops and Russian troops on the Bergfriede bridge, 3 February 1807 at 3 in the afternoon by Constant Bourgeois, 1807 | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
IV Corps Milhaud's dragoon div.[1] | Kamensky's division[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
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800 dead and wounded 300 captured 6 cannons captured [2] |
The Battle of Allenstein (or Olsztyn), also known as the Battle of Jonkowo (or Jankowo, Inkowo, Jonkendorf)[3] and the battle of Bergfriede,[4] was a military engagement during the early stages of the 1807 Fourth Coalition Napoleonic campaign. While the battle resulted in a French field victory and allowed for a successful pursuit of the Russian army, it failed to produce the decisive engagement that Napoleon was seeking.[1][2]