Monday 1 June 2009

The next battle: Pitschenberg

Field-Marshall BlücherThe next battle of the Leipzig Project will be a semi-fictional affaire based upon the combat of Pitschenberg. In the real life, this small combat was fought in September, 4 after the battle of Katzbach, between the advancing and jubilant Bluecher's Army of Silesia and the mauled Marshall Macdonald's Army of the Bober.
Bluecher was pursuing the demoralized French Marshall, when Napoleon and Murat came to his help at the head of the Guard, the Marmont's VI Corps and the Latour-Maubourg's 1st Cavalry Corps. Macdonald stopped near Bautzen, and attacked the pursuing Allied Vassil'shikov's advance-guard occupying the Pitschenberg heights. After noticing the renewed French efforts, Bluecher retired in compliance with the Trachenberg Plan.


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