On this day 212 years ago, August 27, 1813 (August 2, 1813 lunar calendar), the Battle of Dresden. On August 27, 1813, Napoleon I defeated the anti-French coalition forces at the Battle of Dresden. 214,000 the anti-French coalition casualties 38,000, and the 135,000 French casualties were about 10,000. Moreau, the former French general who defected to the anti-French alliance, was killed in this battle. Comments: This was the first Battle of Dresden, and the Germans did not seem to have succeeded in this city