Siege of Magdeburg | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition | |||||||
![]() Capitulation of Magdeburg, 8 November 1806 by Théophile-Auguste Vauchelet, 1837 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
16,000[1][2]-25,000 men[3] |
24,000[1][3]-25,000 men[2] 700 artillery pieces[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
light[4] |
entire garrison[2] and 20 generals P.o.W.[3] 54 flags, 700 artillery captured[3] |
The siege of Magdeburg (French: Siège de Magdebourg) took place from 25 October to 8 November 1806 during the War of the Fourth Coalition. A French force, initially under the command of Marshal Joachim Murat, then a French army Corps under the command of Marshal Michel Ney laid siege and eventually obtained the surrender of Franz Kasimir von Kleist's Prussian force that had taken refuge in Magdeburg,[2] Prussia's second city.[3]