Liebertwolkwitz - Afternoon

The French had the numbers to win the cavalry battle earlier in the day, but most of the French troopers were largely untrained and poorly mounted, and Murat had been out of the mainstream of Napoleonic warfare for several years. …

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The French had the numbers to win the cavalry battle earlier in the day, but most of the French troopers were largely untrained and poorly mounted, and Murat had been out of the mainstream of Napoleonic warfare for several years. Klenau’s Austrian corps arrived on the Allied right during the cavalry fight. He received orders to drive the French from Liebertwolkwitz. Wittgenstein, believed the town, once captured, would give the Allies a chance to flank the grand battery and would be the key to victory. Klenau was one of the Allied officers who had started to take French tactics to heart, and he put together a good combined-arms attack against Liebertwolkwitz, utilizing excellent infantry, grenzers, artillery and screening cavalry. After bitter fighting the town was taken. The Allies lost no time renewing their attack on Gallows Hill, but everyone in charge totally forgot to reinforce the gallant Austrians in Liebertwolkwitz. Murat sprang into action, ordering forward the cavalry at hand to delay the Allied attack long enough to retake the town. The French cavalry could not stand against Klenau’s fresh Austrian cavalry formations and were beaten back, but bought the necessary time. French reserves fought their way back into Liebertwolkwitz, Without support, the Austrians were driven out with severe loss. As darkness fell, the French were again in control of Liebertwolkwitz.

Liebertwolkwitz, Germany

The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813, at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Emperor Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon I. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops, as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine. The battle was the culmination of the German Campaign of 1813 and involved 500,000 soldiers, 2,200 artillery pieces, the expenditure of 200,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and 127,000 casualties, making it the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I.

Wikipedia: Battle of Leipzig

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