#battleofthenations #OTD #napoleon #leipzig 1813. The army of the north is here. They increase the push. Napoleon resits at the tobacco mill. On all fronts the carnage goes on. 1 000 men die per hour. The northern flank withers. In south Probstheida is in flames.
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Landwehr is pushing in and are thrown out again. The guns which were conquered minutes before are lost again. Without shelter, the returned French artillery squads fire one canister shot after another and rip the bodies of the Landwehr. They are wiped out. The church 2/5 Image
and the big farmhouse, in which the French wounded found a cosy an safe place, are ablaze. In some quiet seconds the soldiers hear the dying cries. The noise of the battle is merciful for the fighters. The wounded cannot get out. They escaped the guns but died in the flames.3/5 Image
Slow but unstoppable the bohemian army advances against Poniatowski‘s detachments. An all fronts the French must withdraw. The numbers of the casualties are terrible. It is often reported, that cavalry attacks are launched over the bodies of wounded and dead. They are stamped 4/5 Image
into the ground and become red squish. 5/5 Image

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