16 June 1813 – Central Germany – Bayreuth Campaign

 

Map of Europe

This map shows the location of the five campaign areas. 

Each square is a military region.  

The current location of each army group is shown.  

The stars show the location of previous phases.  

The colour indicates which side won.  

 

This is the 87^th phase since the campaign started in April 2009.  

It is the 13^th in the sixth revision which started in June 2020 

 

The white star shows the location of Bayreuth

 

Map of Germany

This map shows the location of the six army groups in Germany.  

Each square is a military district.  

Nine squares is a military region.  

The stars show the location of previous campaigns fought in Germany. 

The colour of the star indicates which side won.  

 

The white star shows the location of Bayreuth

 

There are three allied armies would concentrate in Germany

Prussian army at Berlin

Russian army at Dresden

Austrian army at Vienna

Their objective is to defeat Napoleon

 

General Wittgenstein commands the Russian army

They are concentrated in the Dresden region

Their objective is to march into the Erfurt region and engage the French

 

Marshal Davout commands the Second French army

They are concentrated in the Osnabruck region

Their objective is to march into the Erfurt region and engage the Prussians

Map of Central Germany

This map shows the location of the French and Russian army.  

Each square is a military district.  

Nine squares is a military region.  

The stars show the location of previous campaigns fought in Central Germany. 

The colour of the star indicates which side won

 

There are three regions in Central Germany

Dusseldorf Region (on the left) is held by the French army

Dresden Region (on the right) is the held by the Russian      

Erfurt Region is the disputed area in the middle

 

This map shows the current location of the French and Russian armies.

Bayreuth is indicated by a white star

Erfurt Region

This map shows the location of the French and Russian army. 

Each square is a military district.  

Nine squares is a military region.  

This map is used for strategic (planning) movement.

Bamberg-Bayreuth District

This map shows the campaign area

It covers the area between Bamberg and Bayreuth

The district border is in the middle of the map

 

Each square is a 2x2 foot scenic square.  

Nine squares is a wargames table.  

Nine squares is also a military district.   

 

This map is used for tactical (daily) movement

 

The French objective is to take and hold the city of Bayreuth

The Russian objective is to defeat the French and hold Bayreuth

Campaign Diary

01 Feb 1813           Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia declared war on France

01 Feb 1813           Formation of Second French army in Dusseldorf region

26 Feb 1813           Second French army declared operational.

27 Feb 1813           The Russians moved into the Erfurt region

28 Feb 1813           Davout entered Erfurt region and occupied Fulda district

14 Mar 1813           Start of Erfurt campaign phase

21 Mar 1813           French win Erfurt campaign phase

01 May 1813           Start of Gera campaign phase

09 May 1813            French win Gera campaign phase

16 Jun 1813             Start of Bayreuth campaign phase      

 

French Order of Battle                                                                                              

Second French Army Group

Fourth French Army

10^th Young Guard corps

11^th French corps

12^th French corps

 

Fifth French Army

13^th French corps

14^th French corps

15^th Italian corps

 

Sixth French Army

16^th French corps

17^th Polish corps

18^th Vistula corps

 

Each corps has four infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade and corps artillery

144,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry, 270 guns

 

Russian Order of Battle

Russian Army Group

 

First Russian Army

1^st Russian corps

2^nd Russian corps

3^rd Russian corps

 

Second Russian Army

4^th Russian corps

5^th Russian corps

6^th Russian corps

 

Third Russian Army

7^th Russian corps

8^th Russian corps

9^th Russian corps

 

Each corps has four infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade and corps artillery

144,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry, 270 guns

         

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

20 - Introduction to the campaign in Central Germany

21 - Second French Army order of battle

22 - Russian Army order of battle

23 - Daily diary for the campaign in Central Germany

24 - Battle reports of all battles fought in Central Germany

25 - Summary of campaign in Central Germany