Imperial Guard Artillery
Directs artillery of the Imperial Guard during the Battle of Leipzig.
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October
Mockern Defence
Commands French VI Corps during heavy fighting at Mockern.
Napoleon Headquarters at Leipzig
Directs French operations from positions near Leipzig as the Coalition offensive begins.
Northern French Command
Commands French forces facing the Coalition north of Leipzig.
Leipzig Armistice Offer
Attempts diplomatic contact during the pause between the main battle days.
Battle of Leipzig
Blucher gains ground in the North but is stopped short of blocking the French retreat route, a number of Saxon and Wurttemberger units defect to the Coalition
Battle of Leipzig
The 6th Coalition is arranged with Field Marshal Blucher (Prussian) & Crown Prince Carl Johan of Sweden to the north, Generals Barclay De Tolly, Bennigsen (Russian) & Prince von Hessen-Homburg (Austrian) to the south & Gyulay (Austrian) to the north
Battle of Leipzig
The Allies launch a huge assault from all sides, in over nine hours of fighting, in which both sides suffer heavy casualties, the French troops prevent a breakthrough but are slowly forced back towards Leipzig
Declaration of War
Bavaria joins the Allies
Declaration of War
Saxony joins the Allies
French III Corps
Commands III Corps during the final major fighting around Leipzig.
French IX Corps
Commands IX Corps as Napoleon reinforces threatened positions around Leipzig.
Withdrawal Decision
Decides to withdraw after Coalition reinforcements make continued defence increasingly untenable.
Battle of Leipzig
During the fighting, 5,400 Saxons of Jean Reyniers VII Corps defect to the Allies, Napoleon sees that the battle is a lost cause and on the night of the 18th-19th he begins to withdraw the majority of his army across the river Elster
Battle of Leipzig
During the fighting, 5,400 Saxons of Jean Reyniers VII Corps defect to the Allies, Napoleon sees that the battle is a lost cause and on the night of the 18th-19th he begins to withdraw the majority of his army across the river Elster
Retreat from Leipzig
Withdraws westward while French rearguards defend routes through the city.
Battle of Hanau
Retreats from Leipzig & battles through an Austrian-Bavarian force
Battle of Leipzig
Napoleon arranges his army around Leipzig, but concentrates his force from Taucha through St”tteritz (where Napoleon placed his command), The Prussians advance from Wartenberg, the Austrians & Russians from Dresden & the Swedish force from the north. Defeated by the 4th Coalition
November
Rule of Danzig
The French surrender the city of Danzig to Russians
Siege of Danzig
The French surrender the city of Danzig to Russians
Colonel
Appointed Colonel General of the Imperial Guard
Colonel
Appointed Colonel General of the Imperial Guard
Other events (month unknown)
Governor
Appointed Governor of Catalania, November
Magdeburg Holds French Garrison
Magdeburg remained an important French held fortress as coalition armies advanced across Germany during the War of the Sixth Coalition.
Siege of Berlin
Marshal Nicolas Oudinot fails to capture Berlin with his army of 120,000 and Napoleon is forced to withdraw westwards due to the threat to the north, crossing the Elbe in late September and organizing his forces around Leipzig
Siege of Berlin
Marshal Nicolas Oudinot fails to capture Berlin with his army of 120,000 and Napoleon is forced to withdraw westwards due to the threat to the north, crossing the Elbe in late September and organizing his forces around Leipzig
Siege of Tarragona
June, succesfully releives the siege of Tarragona
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