GOLDBERG (AUGUST 1813)
| The plans of the generals | |||||
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| French attack Plan | Allied defensive Plan | ||||
| French will try outflank the Allied left flank fixing the Allied center and right. Allied will try to maintain the Katzbach crossings outflanking the French left | |||||
| The first actions (9.00-9.30 h) | |||||
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| A general view of the Allied line | The 35th Division and Chastel's cavalry advancing on Nieder-Au | Montbrun's cavalry crossing the bridge | The undiscovered 17th Division advances through the wood | ||
| The combats around Nieder-Au (11.00-17.00 h) | |||||
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| The 17th Division starts the fire on the village | Prussian Fusiliers cleaning up the river bank (12.30 h) | The French take the village ejecting the Prussian line (13.00 h) | |||
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| but the Landwehr infantry retakes Nieder-Au | French cavalry fails rout Landwehr cavalry) | and then falls on the Prussian flank (13.00 h | |||
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| but the last Prussian square stops them and Nieder-Au is encircled by the French! (13.30 h) | and is finally evacuated by the Prussians (15..00 h) | The last remaining Prussians retiring into Goldberg (17.00 h) | |||
| The fight in the central bridge (10.30h - 17.30h) | |||||
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| Neapolitan cavalry is dispersed by cossacks (10.30 h) | The 36th Division is routed by the vigilant cossacks (12.30 h) | The probing Italian cavalry is dispersed by the Russian hussars (13.00 h) | A combined arms Russian attack stops again the 2B/36 (14.00 h) | ||
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| but the jubilant hussars are rejected by the 1B/36 (14.00 h) | which after recovering routs the Russian hussars (15.00 h) | and forces first the withdrwal of the disordered Russian infantry (15.00 h) | and then its dispersion 15.00 h) | ||
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| The 1B/36th now disperse the Russian hussars (15.00 h) | but the heroic French are at last dispersed by the cossacks (16.00 h) | but the 31/XI Division also crosses and disperse the cossacks (16.00 h) | remaining master of the bridge (17.30 h) | ||
| The combats for the Wolfsberg heights and the flanking attack (14.30h - 16.30h) | |||||
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| The 17th Division crossing undetected (11.00-12,30 h) | Turtshaninov's 22th Division deploys on the Wolsberg heights (12,30 h) | the 17th Division routing the Russian 2B/22th in two turns (13.30 h) | |||
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| and the 19th Division also crosses the Katzbach (13.30 h) | The 17th Division is at last ejected from the Wolfsnerg by the Russian Turtshaninov's 22th Division (14.30 h) | ||||
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| The 19th Division advancing through the woods (15.00 h) | The 19th Division is stopped at the wood border by the Russian hussars whcih are finally dispersed (15.30 - 16.00 h) | ||||
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| After a fierce fight, the Russians take the Wolsberg heights (15.30 -16.00 h) | Macdonald arrives! (17.00 h) | The French right is stopped at the wood border (17.00 h) | |||
| The Prussian wanderings | |||||
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| The Yorck's Prussians arriving to battlefield (13.30 h) | The Prussian Reserve Cavalry is rejected by the vigilant Chastel cavalry (15.00 h) | Yorck retires his forces covered by the 1st Brigade and the Reserve Cavalry (17.00 -17.30 h) | |||
| FINAL RESULTS | |||||
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| Macdonald stops near the river and concedes the day. Bluecher retire unmolested but he must to leave the Katzbach river defensive line (18.00 h) | |||||
French losses Infantry: 63 fig (7,560 men) Cavalry: 10 fig (1,200 men) |
Russian losses Infantry: 41 fig (4,920 men) Cavalry: 8 fig (960 men) Prussian losses Infantry: 18 fig (2,160 men) Cavalry: 4 fig (480 men) Total Allied losses Infantry: 59 fig (7,080 men) Cavalry: 12 fig (1,442 men) |
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| Points Allied losses: 16 Achieved objectives: 99 (45% of 172 and multiplier 1.28) Total: 115 |
Points French losses: 17 Achieved objectives: 95 (55% of 172) Total: 112 |
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| A DRAW BATTLE | |||||