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Battle of Diez
Part of the 1813 Rhine campaign of the Sixth Coalition
The cavalry melee on the slopes of the "Old Guard Hill."
Date 6 November 1813 Location Diez, Duchy of Nassau 50°22′15″N 8°0′57″E Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
France	Austria Prussia Württemberg Bavaria Russia
Commanders and leaders
Martin Renaud Vindictus Savat Marbot Henri Jean-Bernier  Guillame Sonthonax Jean-Baptiste Leclair Saint-François Alexandre de Clermont Lis Pustynny Emanuele Davalli Laurent Garneau De La Periere Urbain Szymanowski Jean-Luc Bertrand Jean Darnets Docteur de Marmonte	Johann von Klenau Adorian Joseph von Meszároš Ottokar von Gottesheim Carl von Wibbeking Hans-Georg von der Marwitz Georg von Schärndorf Erwin von Stroheim Hermann von Boyen Robert Nicolle Oskar von Madgeburg Duke Alexander Prince Karl Adam Otto von Bistram
Strength
35,000-47,000 60 guns	50,000-70,000 42 guns
Casualties and losses
9,000-15,000, of which 3,500-6,000 captured 18 guns lost	5,000-10,000 killed, wounded or missing, of which 3,000-5,000 captured 5 guns lost
class=notpageimage| Location within Germany

The Battle of Diez (4 November 1813), also known as the Battle of Limburg was the final major battle of the 1813 Rhine Campaign. Immediately following the Allied victory at the Battle of Nauheim, both Marshal Renaud and General von Klenau prepared their respective forces for a decisive battle.

The battle was a decisive victory for the Allied forces whose lines managed to both resist collapse in the face of heavy French pressure in the centre whilst inflicting heavy losses on both the French flanks and on the Old Guard whose numbers were devastated much to the Napoleon's chagrin.