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3.54- The Empire

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Napoleon and the Battle of Leipzig

Napoleon faced a combined russian prussian army at lutzen and bautzen in may 18 13. At dresden at the end of august, napoleon beat a combined allied army of 214 thousand with just a hundred and 35 thousande so he still got it, but he's also now slipping backwards down a very icy slope. The year's fighting culminated at the battle of leipzig in mid october. It was the the largest battle fought on european soil before world war won. He was beaten and forced to retreat back into france itself. Napoleon fielded a hundred and 91 thousand against three converging allied armies numbering over 400 thousand - basically every nationality

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