wartenburg (october 3, 1813)
A scenario for one-half napoleon's battles
| The plans of the generals | |||||
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| French defensive Plan | Prussian attack Plan | ||||
| The plans of the both sides were made with Wartenburg as the focal point of the battlefield | |||||
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| Franquemont | Morand | Fontanelli | |||
| Prussian arrival. First attacks (7.00-12.00 h) | |||||
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| Prussian 2nd Brigade arrives and deploys in front of Wartenburg | The Silesian Grenadiers routing French Lights | ||||
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| The Grenadiers disperse the Wartenburg garrison | but Morand counterattacks and recovers the village | Yorck arrives and modifies his initial plans | Prussian 1st Brigade is diverted to left flank | ||
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| 2nd Brigade moves to left into the woods whereas the 7th Brigade occupies its place in front of Wartenburg | Morand defends aggresively the stream line | 1st Brigade starts to deploy in front of Bleddin | |||
| Events at Bledding in the Prussian left flank (12.15h - 13.00h) | |||||
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| Prussian 1st Brigade deploying in front of Bledding | Wurtemberg cavalry unsuccesfully trying to delay the assault | The garrison falls against the weight of numbers | Bledding is occupied and the French right is turned | ||
| The fight in the center (12.00h - 14.30h) | |||||
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| Prussians (2nd Brigade) exit from the woods dispersing the surprised French lights | The Light Italians deploy into line near the cemetery | and more Prussians (8th Brigade) are fed into the woods | |||
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| A cavalry try is rejected bringing disorder | but the Prussians recover the composture | The Italians fail a flank attack | and the Prussian cavalry seizes the oportunity | ||
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| finishing the Italians... porca miseria! | only to be dispersed by the Beaumont's Westphalian cavalry | whereas their Italian comrades reject the cavalry! | and are after taken in flank by the vigilant Prussian infantry | ||
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| A clash in line is won by the Italians | The Westphalian forces the Prussian in square... | temporaly delaying its advance... | and allowing the Italian infantry to counter-attack... | ||
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| ...only to be rejected in turn. | The Wurtembergers face up the turning Prussians but are dispersed by the 1st Brigade which also takes prisoner to General Franquemont | The almost intact Italian division defends the retreat line | |||
| Stalemate around Wartenburg (12.00h - 14.30h) | |||||
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| The 7th Brigade crosses the stream but is defeated by Morand, returning to its start point | The Prussians catches the retreating French | At last, Morand retreats practically unmolested | |||
| FINAL RESULTS | |||||
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| The Italians cover the retreat of their French comrades whereas the fatigued Prussians watch closely. | |||||
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losses Infantry 1,380 (F)+1,020(I)+480(Wu)=2,880 Cavalry 120(Wu)+120(We)=240 Artillery 3(F)+6(I)+6(Wu)=15 guns General Franquemont taken Bleddin is French |
Prussian losses 2,940 infantrymen 300 cavalrymen 6 dismounted guns Globig y Wartenburg are in Prussian hands |
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| PRUSSIAN CLOSE VICTORY | |||||