Napoleon
can accept a limited victory, or attempt to break Blucher
He decides
on the second option
Blucher
has concentrated his army at Cremlingen
1st
corps is marching to join them, and will arrive on 8 March
He will
then have four corps against three French corps
Napoleon
orders an attack before 1st corps can arrive
The
Prussians occupy a strong defensive position
They have
more infantry, but no cavalry
The French
have the guard, which is almost full strength
They also
have three cavalry brigades, though two have 20% casualties
A French
victory depends on a successful attack by the Guard
They
suffer considerable casualties in their approach march
Against
the odds the full strength 1st brigade lose their melee
Two French
brigades rout, and the remainder fall back
A
desperate attempt by the guard cavalry also fails, with 20% casualties
French
lose 2900 casualties
Prussians
lose 1400 casualties
No comments:
Post a Comment