Battle of Saalfeld | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition | |||||||
![]() The death of Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, by Peter Edward Stroehling | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
12,000[1]–12,800 men[2][3] 12 guns[2] |
8,300[2]–9,000[1] 44 guns[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
172[3]–200[2][1] killed or wounded |
900 killed or wounded[3] 1,800 captured[3] 33 guns (15 Prussian, 18 Saxon)[2] |
The Battle of Saalfeld took place on 10 October 1806, at which a French force of 12,800 men commanded by Marshal Jean Lannes defeated a Prussian-Saxon force of 8,300 men under Prince Louis Ferdinand. The battle took place in Thuringia in what was the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The battle was the second clash in the Prussian Campaign of the War of the Fourth Coalition.