Katzbach

Katzbach, a river in the Prussian province of Silesia, which falls into the Oder at Parchwitz. On its banks, in the vicinity of Liegnitz, on 26th August 1813 the French under Macdonald, 80,000 strong, were defeated by Prussian and Russian troops under Blücher. The French lost 12,000 killed and wounded, and 18,000 prisoners, with 103 cannon.