#OTD #battleofhanau #Hanau #Napoleon In the morning of the 30th Napolen stayed in Langenselbold until 8. MacDonald hindered the french troops to commit crimes and to maraud the civilian houses. After the french general-staff had left Langenselbold, it was pillaged
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totally also the castle. The bavarian and austrian divisions went in formation north of the river Kinzig. On the far left wing the cavalry was postioned in „en echelon“ formation. 
The last days a mix of Kosacks, Prussian Hussars and Autrian light cavalry had hunted all French, who removed oneself off their units. They saved with that hundreds of lifes. The Kosacks now took position to support the Austro-Bavarian forces.
Now the allied commanders were aware. Napoleon was here. And his guards with him. Around 12 o'clock the French infantry pushed forward.
The French weren’t those unarmed, ragged soldiers who were seen the days before. The infantery was mostly the imperial guard and in the eyes of Wrede in a good condition. 60 000 men. The deep echoloned cavalry were mostly veterans of the peaninsular war.
12 000 curassiers and chasseurs under command of Nansouty and Sebastiani. Most of the french forces were hidden in the Lamboy-forest. At 12 the French moved forward. The imperial guard faught hard, that Wrede had to strengthen the center. Soon three regiments austrian
Infantry arrived, High motivated and singing. The allied forces repulsed the french formations under light losses.
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