The Battle of Asteras - The Emperor of Russia's Tears

Many in the allied leadership had gone into this battle with misgivings, but none of them had predicted disaster on this scale. When he was informed that the french had taken the protzen heights and defeat was probably inevitable, emperor alexander of russia remarked, quote, we are babies in the hands of a giant. But if we try to look past his army's total defeat on the battlefield, how bad was the coalition situation really? The vast majority of the army had survived and managed to avoid capture. 12 thousand reinforcements were due to arrive from russia any day now.