May Uprising in Dresden

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May Uprising in Dresden
Part of Revolutions of 1848
Prussian and Saxon troops assault revolutionary barricades in the Dresden Neumarkt
Date 3–9 May 1849 Location Dresden, Saxony Result Government victory
Belligerents
Dresden revolutionaries	Kingdom of Saxony  Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Tzschirner Karl Gotthelf Todt Otto Heubner Alexander Heinze
Strength
3,000	5,000
Casualties and losses
197 killed 114 wounded ~1,200 captured	31 killed 94 wounded

The May Uprising took place in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony in 1849; it was one of the last of the series of events known as the Revolutions of 1848.