The battle of Lützen today: Napoleon has hooked the prusorussian army using Ney's corps as bait and leads the rest of his army to surround the surprised allies.
While Ney resists in the village of Gross Gröschen, Napoleon comes in with the first reinforcements
Imperial guard
And Marmont's corps
The french artillery and muskets in Gröschen crossfired on one of the incoming allied units
Weakening it prior to the assult
The allied cavalry charged towards the reinforcements, but fell short
While the infantry moved to the village of Rahna
Soon more french forces entered the battlefield, this time in the allied left flank
The french, moving faster in march column reached the villages before the alles and entrenched themselves in
The allies reacted to the danger on their flank with hussars
And some guns
Attack on Gröschen
The russian unit was routed by canister and the prussians retreated
Bücher was killed in this action
And Ney just wounded
In the french left flank two cavalry units came in and charged the guard cavalry, which was attempting to evelop their center
Skillful manoeuvres to dodge the guns's field of fire
The guard were overwhelmed and rapidly routed
The russians also charged Rahna, garrisoned by the Imperial Guard
The hussars charged the bothersome french column
That cooly formed into square
And were unsurpisingly routed
Even the russian CiC, Wittgensrein, was killed
The fight around the square remained undecisive for many turns, but the french general, Bertrand, was killed
The french evaquated the village of Starsiedl (in their rextreme right) and charged the russians, carrying all in their path
Their general, Marmont was killed, but the AdC soon took command
The dreadlock was finally broken around the square
While the russian cossacks encircled the french rear
The french cavalry moved against the russian center and prudently, the allies moved their guns behind their own infantry
The french kept flanking the allies, charging their guns
The cossacks charged the french artillery, but the imperials had more than enough time to prepare and had organized a welcoming comitee which woud make short work of the russian riders
The hussars charged again
Into the jaws of death, into mouth of hell rode the ¿cossaks?: Guns on their right
Guns on their front
And muskets on their left
The obvious result of such suicidal charge
The hussars crashed against a square and were even countecharged in the rear
Ridiculous overkill ensued and the allies finally conceded
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