Tha battle of Zahna is finished

The Lasalle re-fight of the battle of Zahna is finished with a French marginal victory.

The Prussian cavalry has achieved a stalemate in the left flank and center, while fighting the 29th Light Cavalry brigade (Westphalian Chevauleger-lanciers, Hessian Chevaulegers and Bavarian Chevaulegers Regiments) after losing two cavalry regiments, one of them because of the galling fire of the Bavarian light infantry infiltrated in the woods. The Prussian cavalry regiments resulted more fragile than their German opponents, but also achieved to stop the French advance, fixing they in square formation.

The Prussian infantry and artillery of the second line in the center is retiring, under the cover of the cavalry and some infantry battalions.

In the Prussian right, the French infantry has fully occupied Zalmsdorff but, tired from the combat and under the menace of the Prussian cavalry and the Cosscks, they have limited themselves to take defensive positions, without exiting from the village.
The French losses were: five battalions, four guns and three wounded Generals (Brun, Pachtod and Beaumon). On the other side, Prussian have lost eight battalions, two cavalry regiments ans six guns. Taking in account that the village of Zalmsdorff is in French hands, Oudinot is the clear victor of the battle. The type of victory (according to Lasalle) is dependent upon whether or not there is a pursuit.
The French scored seven points (seven bases of pursuing cavalry), whereas the Prussians scored fourteen points (three 'normal' cavalry unis plus nine bases of pursuing cavalry). All in all, the French achieved only a marginal victory.
In the next days I'll upload a full AAR of this battle to the main web site.