Battle of Gefrees

Battle of Gefrees
Part of War of the Fifth Coalition
Date 8 July 1809 Location Gefrees, Germany 50°5′42.50″N 11°44′23.41″E / 50.0951389°N 11.7398361°E / 50.0951389; 11.7398361 Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Austria Black Brunswickers	First French Empire Kingdom of Westphalia Kingdom of Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Michael von Kienmayer Frederick William	Jean-Andoche Junot Jérôme Bonaparte Johann von Thielmann
Strength
Entire Campaign: 13,000 Austrians 2,000 Brunswickers At Gefrees: 6,000 Austrians	Entire Campaign: 15,000 French 15,000 Westphalians 5,000 Saxons At Gefrees: 7,500 French
Casualties and losses
At Gefrees: 100 killed or wounded	At Gefrees: 185 killed or wounded

War of the Fifth Coalition:
Rebellion Brunswick

200km
125miles

Ölper

3

Halberstadt

2

Gefrees

1

  

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The Battle of Gefrees was fought on 8 July 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition between a joint force of Austrians and Brunswickers under the command of General Kienmayer and a French force under the command of General Junot, Duke of Abrantès. The battle ended in victory for the Austrians who avoided being trapped by Junot and a force of Saxons and Westphalians led by Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia. After Jérôme's troops were defeated at the Battle of Hof, the Austrians effectively had control over all of Saxony. However the victory was in vain, due to the major Austrian defeat at Wagram and the Armistice of Znaim.^[1]