Biggest battle in 19th century?

[renesch93]

Hello,

whta was the biggest battle in the 19th century, concerning losses?

Borodino?

[Freedom-Fries]

Battle of Sharpsburg or Napoleon's invasion of Russia must be some of the most bloody

[Yimmy]

I am sure some battles in the Opium Wars must have been bloody.

[Freibier]

Völkerschlacht (Battle of Nations) bei Leipzig - ~600000 troops involved, nearly 100000 casualties on all sides within four days.
Leipzig at the time had less than 40000 inhabitants.

[siberian tiger]

Don`t forget naval battles like Trafalgar...

[Five-to-One]

The Battle of the Nations or Battle of Leipzig (German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language): Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig, 16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_October)–19 October (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_19) 1813 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1813)) is considered the largest conflict in Europe before World War I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I), with over 500,000 troops involved

So there was a bigger one during ww1? wondering if its including all the action along a single front as a battle.

Personally I think that the most costly battle in lives would be somewhere in southwest asia, one that none of us have heard of.

[Rifleman]

I would have to agree that Leipzig was probably the bloddiest battle of the 19th century.

*****sburg would hold that title during the American Civil war, 55,000 casualties. Antietam (Sharpsburg) was the "Bloddiest Day" of the civil war with 23,000 casualties.

[Labud]

I could agree with many of you about the battle at Leipzig.

[Five-to-One]

Ok I was goin out on a limb before but I decided to actually research it, I figured just because of china's massive population they had to have had bigger battles. However there isnt much imformation on this one.



At the Third Battle of Nanking (1864) more than 100,000 were killed in three days

http://www.tagate.com/wars/page/taiping.shtml


The Third Battle of Nanking was the last major engagement of the Taiping Rebellion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion)...There were probably more than a million troops in the battle and the Taiping army sustained 100,000 dead (and many more wounded) in the three day clash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Nanking

[Violet Fashion by Mindy]

It's kinda weird to discuss what was a big battle.

Are we talking men involved? Or the political/strategic consequences?

The fall of Paris IMO is the greatest battle of the 19th century.

[Zarathustra]

Austerlitz or any other Napoleon bloodbaths.

[pepito]

Don`t forget naval battles like Trafalgar...

Trafalgar :

Strength : 60 ships
casualties : about 5000 dead

Trafalgar is not the biggest battle

[OldRecon]

How many were killed in the main battles of the Franco Prussian war?

[Bryson C]

The biggest battle of the 19th century would be Leipzig (over 500,000 troops involved), the bloodiest would also be Leipzig (over 80,000 total Casualties). Borondino would be the bloodiest single day battle with close to 80,000 total Casualties.

[Bandeirante]

In South America:
The Battle of Tuiúti in the Paraguay War, May 24, 1866

Paraguay - Total troops in the Battle = 24.000 with 13.000 casualties / 6.000 killed + 7.000 wounded

Brazil and Argentinians and Uruguayans Allieds - Total troops in the Battle = 35.000 with 4.000 casualties/ 1.000 Killed + 3.000 wounded

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Babitonga/Tuiuti.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Babitonga/Tuiuti2.jpg

From a small hill, with President Lopez himself commanding the troops, the Paraguayans prepared for a decisive battle. Twenty four thousand Paraguayans hoping for the destruction of the allies attacked in the noon of May 24 at the sign of a rocket: the battle of Tuyutí was beginning. Lopéz tried to circle the allies with two strong wings as his center forced them to hold positions. His left faced the Argentinians, the Uruguayans were in the center with the Brazilians that also engaged the right wing. The ground was miserable for movement.
The attack began in the center, where the Uruguayans were forced back by surprise with some Brazilian Volunteers Battalions. On the left of the allied encampment, Captain Emilio Mallet had ordered the construction of a big moat in front of his artillery pieces. When the Paraguayan onslaught reached it, they were into grapeshot range and unable to cross the obstacle. The Paraguayans tried to circle the artillery, avoiding the incoming fire, but encountered Antonio Sampaio's 3rd infantry division. This unit fought desperately in the muddy terrain with its commander dying in the process. Sampaio had resisted to the best Paraguay could offer. At this point, Osório launched the reserves and repelled the Paraguayan center.
In the allied left, the Paraguayans forced back the few Brazilian units, almost reaching the Allied camp. Osório reinforced with various units, finally committing the 2nd cavalry division (Gen. Mena Barreto). The Paraguayans continued to attack until they were circled and annihilated. In the Argentinian sector, the Paraguayan cavalry routed the dismounted Argentinian cavalry that faced them. Soon, the Argentinians had to engage all of their units and even then barely held the enemy.
The Paraguayans fled losing 12,000 to 13,000, while the allies lost 4,000 mostly being only injuries. The largest battle in South America had just been fought. Lopéz's flanking had failed, but if it was not for a few good commanders on the allied side and their troops' strong resistance it could have worked. In fact, the Allies were unable to pursue the enemy due to the few horses they had. They needed to regain strength and rebuild

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tuyut%C3%AD