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Title
Wartenburg
Description
Marshal Ney ordered Bertrand’s depleted IV Corps to Wartenburg, to prevent the Allied army from crossing the Elbe River. This corps had been in the thick of the fighting at Dennewitz and suffered when withdrawal turned into rout. Only one …
Publisher
Date
1813-10-03
Scenario#
505
Scenario Description
Marshal Ney ordered Bertrand’s depleted IV Corps to Wartenburg, to prevent the Allied army from crossing the Elbe River. This corps had been in the thick of the fighting at Dennewitz and suffered when withdrawal turned into rout. Only one of his three divisions was French. Bertrand arrived at Wartenburg on the 2nd and deployed his forces. The Prussians arrived the next day, and began their attack early in the morning. Steinmetz’s troops began the fighting with a frontal assault against Wartenburg, but struggled against the heavy French fire. Horn joined the attack against Wartenburg, but the Prussian attack was still getting nowhere. Mecklenburg finally drove the small Wurttemberg division defending Bleddin from the town. Next, Horn and Mecklenburg pushed the Italian division defending the gap between Wartenburg and Bleddin back, but only after heavy fighting. Morand’s French retreated from Wartenburg to avoid encirclement, ending the battle. The French and their allies fought valiantly on the defensive, but failed in their mission of keeping the Prussians east of the Elbe.
Location
Wartenburg, Germany
Battle Narrative
In the War of the Sixth Coalition, sometimes known in Germany as the War of Liberation, a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and a number of German States defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba. After the disastrous French invasion of Russia of 1812 in which they had been forced to support France, Prussia and Austria joined Russia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Portugal and the rebels in Spain who were already at war with France.
Narrative Source
Combatants
French
Prussians
Additional Information
Sixth Coalition

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