Siege of Danzig (1807)

Siege of Danzig
	Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition
	; "Panoramic view of the siege of Danzig by French forces in 1807" painting by Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort
Date	19 March – 24 May 1807
Location	Danzig, Prussia (present-day Gdańsk, Poland)54°22′00″N 18°38′00″E
Result	French-allied victory
Belligerents
French Empire; Polish Legions; Kingdom of Italy; Kingdom of Saxony; Duchy of Baden	Kingdom of Prussia; Russian Empire; United Kingdom (naval)
Commanders and leaders
François Joseph Lefebvre; Jan Henryk Dąbrowski	Friedrich Kalckreuth; Nikolay Kamensky
Strength
39,000; 100 heavy guns & mortars	16,000; (siege); 8,000 Russians; (reinforcements)
Casualties and losses
6,000; (siege)400; (relief attempt)	10,000; (siege)1,500; (relief attempt)

The siege of Danzig (19 March – 24 May 1807) was the French encirclement and capture of Danzig during the War of the Fourth Coalition. On 19 March 1807, around 27,000 French troops under Marshal Lefebvre besieged around 14,400 Prussian troops under Marshal Kalckreuth garrisoning the city of Danzig.

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