The
Russians had orders to rest and resupply
The
French attack with all four corps was unexpected
The
French lost the smaller battle at Friedland
This
was no surprise, as they were outnumbered
They
were also attacking a strong defensive position.
It
was a surprise that they won the larger battle at Kassel
Again
they were outnumbered
Worse
still they had considerable battle casualties
Their
artillery was particularly weak
The
two weak corps pinned the Russian centre and left
The
2nd Young Guard corps attacked the Russian left
This
was held by the weakest of the three Russian corps
The
Guard stormed and broke 2nd Russian corps
The
Russians retreated and abandoned Kassel
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