The Battle of Leipzig, 1813: Napoleon Bonaparte's 'Battle of Nations'

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) French Marshal Jozef Poniakowski's charge during the Battle of Leipzig. (2) Panorama of the battlefield at Leipzig. (3) Napoleon confers with Marshal Poniatowski at the Battle of Leipzig. (4) French soldiers skirmish with hashkirs and cossacks at Leipzig. (5) French soldiers spare the life of Russian soldier Leontiy Korennoy because of his bravery at Leipzig. (6) The 19th Hungarian Regt. assaults French forces at the Battle of Leipzig. (7) The Battle of Leipzig's climax on 19 Oct. 1813. (8) Napoleon's retreat at Leipzig as engineers blow the Elster River bridge to prevent enemy pursuit traps more than 20,000 French on the far shore. (9) Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria, and Frederick William III of Prussia meet on 19 Oct. 1813 to declare their victory. (10) The Russian Army enters Paris the spring after Napoleon's defeat at Leipzig.

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We're I a Frenchman in 1813, I would not join to fight for Napolean. The debacle that was the Russian campaign would have soured my regard for the man.

The largest and bloodiest battle in Europe until WW1