. . "French Empire"@en . "102000"^^ . . "Battle of Katzbach"@en . . "15000"^^ . "The two armies, roughly equal in size, stumbled upon one another, taking both by surprise. In the midst of the confusion and heavy rain, MacDonald seemed to recover first. Although his orders were to defend the flank of Napoleon's main force from Bl\u00FCcher, MacDonald decided to attack. He dispatched two-thirds of his army, about 60,000 men, in an attempt to flank the Russo-Prussian right. But confusion reigned again as the French columns found themselves too far apart to support one another. The attack lost momentum. Meanwhile, the remaining 30,000 men of MacDonald's force, who were supposed to hold down the Coalition forces, were met by a heavy counter-attack. Without support or reinforcement, the French were soon forced to withdraw, taking heavy losses. MacDonald's casualties numbered 15,000 killed, wounded or captured, Bl\u00FCcher's some 4,000. Beyond the battle losses, the French strategic position had been weakened. This, coupled with the defeats at Kulm, four days later, and Dennewitz on 6 September, would more than negate Napoleon's victory at Dresden. Because of his victory, Bl\u00FCcher received the title of \"Prince of Wahlstatt\" on 3 June 1814. In Germany there used to be a now obsolete saying \"Der geht ran wie Bl\u00FCcher an der Katzbach!\" (\"He goes forward like Bl\u00FCcher at Katzbach!\"), referring to Bl\u00FCcher and describing a vigorous behavior."@en . . "4000"^^ . . . "Gebhard von Bl\u00FCcher"@en . "Russia"@en . . "Coalition victory"@en . . "Sixth Coalition:"@en . "Battle of Katzbach"@en . "The two armies, roughly equal in size, stumbled upon one another, taking both by surprise. In the midst of the confusion and heavy rain, MacDonald seemed to recover first. Although his orders were to defend the flank of Napoleon's main force from Bl\u00FCcher, MacDonald decided to attack. He dispatched two-thirds of his army, about 60,000 men, in an attempt to flank the Russo-Prussian right. But confusion reigned again as the French columns found themselves too far apart to support one another. The attack lost momentum."@en . . . "near Liegnitz, Prussia"@en . . . "Jacques MacDonald"@en . "1813-08-26"^^ . . "Prussia"@en . . "114000"^^ . "Battle of Katzbach"@en . .