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– 11 December 1807| place = Graudenz, Prussian Partition of Poland (now Grudziądz, Poland)53331834region:PL}}Bodartp=385}}First French Empire}} French Empire

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Kingdom of Prussia|1803}}First French Empire}} Marie François Rouyer{{flagiconClaude Victor-Perrin{{flagicon>Grand Duchy of Hesse}} Johann Georg von Schäffer-Bernstein{{flagicon>Electorate of Saxony}} Georg Friedrich August von PolenzPrussia|1803}} Wilhelm René de l’Homme de CourbièreBodartp=385}}Bodartp=385}}-5,709 men{{sfn1907|p=54}}| casualties1 = Fischerp=54}}state=collapsed}}}}{{OSM Location map52.7|15.5}}| zoom = 5| float = right| nolabels = 1| width = 304| height = 180| title = War of the Fourth Coalitionwhitetextcolor=#228833whitetextcolor=#4477aawhitetextcolor=#aa3377|Napoleon in command}}| shapeD=n-circle| shape-colorD=#4477aa| shape-outlineD=white| label-colorD = #4477aa| label-sizeD = 12| label-posD = left| label-offset-xD =| label-offset-yD =| label1 = 50.58|11.82}}| mark-title1 = Battle of Schleiz on 9 October 1806| label2 = 50.65|11.37}}| mark-title2 = Battle of Saalfeld on 10 October 1806| label3 = Jena–Auerstedt50.93|11.59}}| mark-title3 = Battle of Jena–Auerstedt on 14 October 1806| label-pos3 = right| label-offset-y3 = -4| shape-color3 = #aa3377| label-color3 = #aa3377| label4 = 50.98|11.03}}| mark-title4 = Capitulation of Erfurt on 16 October 1806| label5 = 51.47|11.97}}| mark-title5 = Battle of Halle on 17 October 1806| label6 = 52.13|11.62}}| mark-title6 = Siege of Magdeburg (1806) from 25 October to 8 November 1806| label7 = Berlin52.52|13.41}}| mark-title7 = Fall of Berlin (1806) on 27 October 1806| shape-color7 = #aa3377| label-color7 = #aa3377| label8 = 53.32|13.87}}| mark-title8 = Battle of Prenzlau on 28 October 1806| label9 = 53.5|14}}| mark-title9 = Capitulation of Pasewalk on 29 October 1806| label10 = 53.43|14.55}}| mark-title10 = Capitulation of Stettin from 29 to 30 October 1806| label11 = 53.52|12.68}}| mark-title11 = Battle of Waren-Nossentin on 1 November 1806| label12 = 53.87|10.69}}| mark-title12 = Battle of Lübeck on 6 November 1806| label13 = 52.1|9.37}}| mark-title13 = Siege of Hamelin from 7 to 22 November 1806| label14 =52.48|20.77}}| mark-title14 = Battle of Czarnowo on 23 December 1806| label15 = 52.82|20.87}}| mark-title15 = Battle of Golymin on 26 December 1806| label16 = 52.72|21.1}}| mark-title16 = Battle of PuÅ‚tusk (1806) on 26 December 1806| label17 = 53.49|18.78}}| mark-title17 = Siege of Graudenz from 22 January to 11 December 1807| label-color17 = #228833| shape-color17 = #228833| label18 =53.92|19.93}}| mark-title18 = Battle of Mohrungen on 25 January 1807| label19 = 53.78|20.48}}| mark-title19 = Battle of Allenstein on 3 February 1807| label20 = Eylau54.4|20.63}}| mark-title20 = Battle of Eylau from 7 to 8 February 1807| label-pos20 = left| label-offset-x20 = 2| label-offset-y20 = -2| shape-color20 = #aa3377| label-color20 = #aa3377| label21 = 53.08|21.58}}| mark-title21 = Battle of OstroÅ‚Ä™ka (1807) on 16 February 1807| label22 = 54.17|15.57}}| mark-title22 = Siege of Kolberg (1807) from 20 March to 2 July 1807| label23 = 54.37|18.63}}| mark-title23 = Siege of Danzig (1807) from 19 March to 24 May 1807| label24 = 54.31|13.08}}| mark-title24 = Great Sortie of Stralsund from 1 to 3 April 1807| label25 = 53.98|20.4}}| mark-title25 = Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen from 5 to 6 June 1807| label26 = 54.12|20.58}}| mark-title26 = Battle of Heilsberg on 10 June 1807| label27 = Friedland54.45|21.02}}| mark-title27 = Battle of Friedland on 14 June 1807| label-pos27 = top| label-offset-x27 = -5| label-offset-y27 = 2| shape-color27 = #aa3377| label-color27 = #aa3377}}The siege of Graudenz or siege of GrudziÄ…dz was a siege during the Napoleonic Wars between 22 January and 11 December, 1807. As part of the War of the Fourth Coalition the Prussian fortress at Graudenz in West Prussia in the Prussian Partition of Poland (now GrudziÄ…dz, Poland) was besieged by forces of the French Empire and its allies. The garrison, commanded by General Wilhelm René de l’Homme de Courbière, withheld blockade and siege for some 11 months, long past the formal Peace of Tilsit. The French abandoned the siege after the borders between Prussia and the new Duchy of Warsaw were defined; Graudenz/GrudziÄ…dz staying a Prussian possession until Poland regained independence after World War I.The Polish 2nd, 4th and 7th Infantry Regiments took part in the battle on the side of Napoleon.BOOK, Gembarzewski, BronisÅ‚aw, Rodowody puÅ‚ków polskich i oddziałów równorzÄ™dnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831, 1925, pl, Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej, Warszawa, 53–55,

See also

• Battle of GrudziÄ…dz
• Battle of GrudziÄ…dz (1659)

Notes

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References

• BOOK, Bodart, Gaston, 1908, Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905), de,archive.org/details/bub_gb_A0kNAAAAYAAJ, registration, 23 June 2021,
• BOOK, Fischer, 1907, Paul, Feste Graudienz 1807 unter Gouverneur de Courbiere - Geschichte der Blockade und Belagerung, Verlag Arnold Kriedte, Graudenz,kpbc.umk.pl/Content/216684/Gromadzenie_POPC_003_54_HD_009.pdf, de,

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