dresden (august 26, 1813)
the second half
| THE FIGHT AROUND THE REDOUBT No. 1 | |||||
| Around the redoubt No. I, in the area comprised between the Grossen Gartens and the Elbe, the Russians fight their particular battle against the French. Coming up form the woods, they attacked the French left flank, defended by the 45th Division | |||||
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| From left to right (1) and (2) 10.00 h. After an artillery duel that dismount a Russian battery, the Russian jagers rout the French; (3) but the other Russian unit is stopped (10.30 h); (4) in the river meander, the French in the hill are dispersed by fire and their reserves (5) are routed by the Russian infantry (12.00h) | |||||
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| From left to right (1), (2) and (3): The redoubt I is atacked and taken by the Russian and the Wesphalian garrison is routed in its attempt (4) to retake the redoubt (13.00 h); Lastly the Russian occupy the Redoubt I (5). | |||||
| THE FIGHT WITH THE PRUSSIANS | |||||
| After taking the Grossen Gartens, the Prussians had their particular fight with the French around the Redoubt No. III. The brigades 9th and 10tth assaulted that redoubt in several occassions, entering in the Dresden suburbs, but finally were ejected by the Young Guard. | |||||
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| From left to right (1) (11.00 h) the French 43th divvision makes a sortie and routs the Prussian Landhwer (9th); (2) (11.30 h) the Prussians (9th) take the Redoubt III (the garrison was dispersed by fire) and rout the French whereas (3), (4) and (5) the Pussians from the 10th brigade also rout the French. | |||||
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| From left to right (1) (12.00 h) the Prussians try to take the Redoubt IV but are rejected; (2), (3) and (4) (12.30 h) a combined Prussian attack allows they to expel the French from the suburb border and they (5) enter in Dresden. | |||||
| THE YOUNG GUARD 'AU FEU' | |||||
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| From left to right (1) and (2) (12.00 h) the Young Guard routs and expels the Prussians from Dresden and then (13.00 h) makes a sortie, (3) and (4), routing the Prussians in two combats; (5) however, the other Youg Guard brigade is routed by the Prussian deployed in front of the Grossen Gartens. | |||||
| FINAL SITUATION | |||||
| Around 13.30 h the intensity of the fight is diminishing. The Allied have suffered many losses and their atacking elan has dissapeared. Moreover, French reinforcements are still arriving, so the Allied commander decides to withdraw. | |||||
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| From left to right: Final situation from the Allied side: (1) and (2) the Old Guard has destroyed the Austrian left; (3) the center is stabilished and (4) the Grossen Gartens and (5) the Redoubt No. I are in Allied hands. | |||||
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| Left: French reinforcements are still arriving. Right: the Allied have many more dipersed (black) and routed (violet) units than the French. | |||||
| RESULTS | |||||
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Allied losses: 459x120= 55080 + one captured
general French losses: 228*120= 27360 The AlliEd occupy Plauen, the Grossen Gartens and the Redoubt No. I, so according to Lamont Anderson, the battle is an Allied Minor Victory. However there is a great difference in losses (231/4 = 57.75 bases) in favour of French |
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| STRATEGICAL FRENCH VICTORY | |||||