the wethau bridge (october 10, 1813)

 
The Wethau bridge
It is almost dawn of October 10. Hauptmann Babbel is leading a forlorn hope from the 7th Austrian Jaeger Battalion to assault the bridge over the Wethau stream, a strategic post guarded by a squad of French voltigeurs.
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FINAL RESULTS

French losses

Wounded: Lieutenant Meunier.
Dead: Voltigeurs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8.
Sergeant Meunier and Voltigeurs 6 and 7 left the field

Austrian losses

Dead: Jaegers 2 and 8
Wounded: UnterJaeger Gassinger and Jaeger 7
AUSTRIAN VICTORY



THE SCENARIO

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