| Battle of Friedland | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Fourth Coalition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Empire |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Napoleon I | Levin August von Bennigsen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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80,000 men 118 cannons |
60,000 men 120 cannons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 8,000 killed and wounded | 20,000 killed and wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Friedland was the decisive engagement of the War of the Fourth Coalition during the Napoleonic Wars between the French Grande Armée commanded by Napoleon I and a Russian Army commanded by Bennigsen. It was fought on 14 June 1807 at Friedland about 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Königsberg (present-day Kalingrad) in Eastern Prussia.