Probsthain. A retreat in haste

This small rearguard affair took place during the mini-campaign of Duben, some days before the battle of Leipzig (October 1813), when Napoléon advanced northwards to face the Allied forces in the area: the Bernadotte's Army of the North and the Bluecher's Army of Silesia, with the goal to crush the last. The combats around Duben have been adapted to table-game in the Lasalle Scenarios Duben and Raguhn (See also the full Scenarios of Duben and Raguhn at the main web site).
I found information of this small affaire in the book "Mémoires de Langeron, général d'infanterie dans l'armée russe, campagnes de 1812, 1813, 1814 publiés, d'après le manuscrit original, pour la Société d'histoire contemporaine, par L.G.F. [Fabry]. 1902" that can bee downloaded free from the Gallica site.
Below you can see part of the pages 299 and 300, where this combat is described.

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