Blucher orders
his army to concentrate at Salzwedel
3rd
corps are forced to retreat to Kladen having lost battle of Kleinau
1st
and 2nd corps are ordered to hold, reorganise and resupply
Reserve
corps if ordered to advance to the right of 2nd corps
Napoleon
must reorganise his supply system due to the advance of his army
Gifhorn
depot is ordered to move to Weyhausen
Ruhen
depot is ordered to move to Kleinau
His army
is in need of reorganisation, resupply and replace battle casualties
But he is
unwilling to allow Blucher to recover from his string of defeats
1st
corps is ordered to reorganise and resupply
3rd
corps is ordered to attack Schenga
13th
corps is ordered to occupy Kleinau
Reserve
corps is ordered to deploy between Kuhfelde and Kleinau
Both 1st
Prussian corps and 3rd French corps require battle casualty
replacement
The
Prussians have more infantry casjualties, but less cavalry, casualties
The
French have more infantry, but their cavalry is very weak
If
Napoleon does not attack now 1st Prussian corps will soon recover
The
battle of Schenga started well for the French
Their
artillery inflicted first casualties on the enemy infantry
The
dragoons kept well back due to starting with 20% casualties
All four
infantry brigades advanced to attack, and that is when it started to go wrong
The
leading infantry brigade suffered artillery casualties, but kept morale
Moving
into canister range a second brigade received casualties and routed
The
infantry to their right tested for rout, failed and were shaken
The
gunners to their left tested for rout, failed and were also shaken
A
Prussian infantry brigade charged the shaken brigade in flank, and they routed
Unable to
press home the attack the remainder of the French corps retreated
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