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[[File:Reenactment of the entry of Napoleon to Gdańsk after siege - 44.jpg|thumb|Reenactment of the entry of Napoleon to Danzig after the siege.]]
Danzig capitulated on 24 May 1807. Napoleon then ordered the siege of the nearby Weichselmünde fort, but Kamensky had fled with his troops, and the garrison capitulated shortly afterwards. The battle cost the French 6,000 killed and wounded,<ref name = Summerville106/> while the Prussians lost 3,000 killed, wounded and sick, and the Russians 1,500.<ref name = Summerville104/> In recompense for Lefebvre's services, Napoléon granted him the title "Duc de Dantzig" in a letter to the Senate dated 28 May,<ref>Correspondence, no. 12,666</ref> but he did not inform him directly, merely noting to the marshal on 29 May, <blockquote>I am
On 9 September 1807, [[Napoleon]] established the [[Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic)|Free City of Danzig]], as a semi-independent state. This territory was carved from lands that comprised part of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], consisting of the city of Danzig (now known as [[Gdańsk]]) along with its rural possessions on the mouth of [[Vistula]], together with the [[Hel Peninsula]] and the southern half of the [[Vistula Spit]]. From late January to 29 November 1813, Russian forces laid [[Siege of Danzig (1813)|siege]] to the city, and the French occupying forces withdrew on 2 January 1814.
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