DANZIG (FALL 1813).THE WAGON TRAIN
THE battle in pictureS

THE PLANS OF THE GENERALS
French intended marching order, using only the direct central road Russian ambush plan as devised after die rolling
 
The wagons arrive (15.00 h)
The French vanguard faning out The wagons arrive escorted by Bavarian and French infantry The Russian appear and the infantry forms up to defend the wagons The Russian menacing the left flank of the supply column
The Russian Ulhans rejecting the French Lanciers Meanwhile, the Russian dragoons catch the Bavarian in column routing them and falling on the last wagon One French wagon is destroyed!
 
The head of the Supply column under attack (16.00-16.30 h)
The Supply column advances un-molested whereas the Russian line infantry runs towards Danzig The Cossacks and Jaegers approaching the wagons The Lanciers advance to help the French escort
An inconclusive cavalry battle retards the Cossack advance and the escorting French infantry routs the Jaegers allowing the Wagons reach the town under the fire of their guns But other Jaeger battalion attack the un-protected wagons
and after the fight the Jaegers loot the wagons The Cossacks and Lanciers in other inconclusive engagement Finished the looting, the French escort is destroyed And the second Cossack pulk destroys the third French wagon
 
The fighting at the rearguard
The Ulahns routing the French Dragoons The Russian Dragoons take a horse battery before be rejected by a French square The French are cut from Danzig
 
FINAL RESULTS
French losses
330 infantrymen
120 cavalrymen
 3 guns (4 lbs)
 3 supply wagons		 Russian losses
 270 infantrymen
270 cavalrymen
 
Only one half of the wagons arrived to Danzig so the battle could be considered a draw. However, at last the French lose 3 guns and were isolated from Danzig, so the final result is a
MARGINAL RUSSIAN VICTORY



THE SCENARIO

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