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no artillery.) As Delmas’ troops reach the outskirts of Wiederitzsch, the French forces attacked the Russians in the flank and provided substantial relief to the Poles. Langeron, seeing the arrival of Delmas, realizes that he must act quickly, orders the newly arriving X Corp and much of his cavalry to attack Delmas. Both the 27 th and 9 th Divisions are then fully engaged with both Russian Corps in a back-and-forth struggle to take both villages of Wiederitzsch. The limited French artillery from Delmas was effective on inflicting heavy casualties on the Russians. (PN: The Russian infantry, organized in small battalions will also melt away under constant pressure and it will not be difficult to put one of the Russian Corps on a morale level somewhat quickly.) In the end, however, the Poles and the French are worn down by the sheer force of numbers. Langeron, the old émigré, personally led the Schusselberg Infantry Regiment in an attack, supported by more than 80 guns; 14 other infantry battalions and Russian Horse Jaegers, against the worn-down Poles. Though, as might be expected, the Poles counter-attacked; Dombrowski’s troops could not prevail one last time against such overwhelming odds. Wiederitzsch was captured for the last time and La Bataille de Wiederitzsch was concluded---a bloody Russian victory. (PN: Playtests of the game show a very even game…resulting in either marginal Russian or marginal French victories…some might say that the contests were really draws.)

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La Bataille de Leipzig 1813