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Topic: Danzig, Siege of
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Danzig, Siege of

Years: 1807 - 1807

The Siege of Danzig (March 19 - May 24, 1807) is the French encirclement and capture of Danzig during the War of the Fourth Coalition.

On March 19, 1807, around twenty-seven thousand French troops under Marshall Lefebvre besiege around fourteen thousand four hundred Prussian troops under Marshall Kalckreuth garrisoning the city of Danzig.

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