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French Counterattack

France · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1813Date range
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Chronological records

1813

Napoleon I16 October 1813

Leipzig · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Orders a powerful counterattack after the first Coalition assaults fail to break his centre.

Names involved

Napoleon I

Provenance

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