Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Napoleon retreats west of river Saale

23 June 1813


Kutuzov orders his army to move north to open Leipzig road

French army break contact and move west of river Saale


22 June 1813

French rally at Gera

Napoleon’s strike across the Saale is in tatters, and he orders a withdrawal back to the west bank.

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