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Thursday, February 3, 2022

1 May 1813 – Central Germany – Gera 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 81st phase since the campaign started in April 2009.  

It is the 8th in the sixth revision which started in June 2020 

 

The white star shows the location of Gera

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 Gera

 

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.

Gera 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.

Gera  District

This map shows the campaign area

It covers the area between Erfurt and Gera

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 Gera

The Russian objective is to defeat the French and hold Gera

 

Campaign Diary

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

01 February 1813    Formation of Second French army in Dusseldorf region

26 February 1813    Second French army declared operational.

27 February 1813    The Russians moved into the Erfurt region

28 February 1813    Davout entered Erfurt region and occupied Fulda district

14 March 1813        Start of Erfurt campaign phase

21 March 1813        French win Erfurt campaign phase

01 April 1813           Start of Gera campaign phase

 

Second French Army

Marshal Davout

2nd Young Guard corps

6th French corps

7th French corps

8th French corps

14th Westphalian corps

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

80000 infantry, 5000 cavalry, 150 guns


Russian Army

General Wittgenstein

1st Russian corps

2nd Russian corps

3rd Russian corps

4th Russian corps

5th Russian corps

6th Russian corps

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

80000 infantry, 5000 cavalry, 150 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

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