Introduction to the campaign in South Germany

Campaign areas of Germany

There are three campaign areas in Germany

North - 1^st French army v Prussian army

Centre - 2^nd French army v Russian army

South - 3^rd French army v Austrian army

This map shows the location of each army at the start of the campaign

South Germany

There are three regions in Southern Germany

Freiburg region is the rear area for Third French army

Vienna region is the rear area for the Austrian Army

Munich region is the disputed area between them

Munich Region

This is the region where the campaign will be fought

There are nine military districts in the region.  

Each campaign phase will take place in one region

 

At the start of the campaign Third French army is in Munich district

The Austrian army is in Passau district

The first campaign phase will be Branau district           

Third French Army

Marshal Oudinot

9^th Bavarian corps

10^th Bavarian corps  

11^th Bavarian corps

12^th Baden corps

3^rd Reserve corps

 

There is a detailed order of battle at Label 31

Austrian Army

General Schwarzenberg

1^st Austrian corps

2^nd Austrian corps

3^rd Austrian corps

4^th Austrian corps

3^rd Reserve corps

 

There is a detailed order of battle at Label 31

 

Campaign Diary

 

The French Grand Army was destroyed during the 1812 Russian campaign

Napoleon had to create a new army to fight the 1813 campaign

 

1 February 1813 -  Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia declared war on France

1 February 1813 - Napoleon ordered the formation of Third French army in Munich region under the command of Marshal Oudinot.

 20 February 1813 – Third French army declared operational at Munich.

Reference

The campaign diary contains comprehensive details of the whole campaign.   The labels on the right are an index to various parts of the campaign.

 

01 - Introduction to the1813 campaign

02 - Five campaign areas

30 - Introduction to the campaign in southern Germany

31 - 3^rd French Army order of battle

32 - Austrian Army order of battle

33 - Daily diary for the campaign in southern Germany

34 - Battle reports of all battles fought in southern Germany

35 - Summary of campaign in southern Germany