Campaign Move 14

1600 6^th September 1813

Throughout the morning General Wrede, commander of 7^th Bavarian corps, had received reports of movement to the east indicating that 1^st  Austrian corps were retreating.

At midday he ordered 10^th division to send a cavalry patrol towards Obernzell to determine what was happening.

General Lichtenstein was indeed retiring his corps from Obernzell to Rohrbach, but only one division at a time.   The movement spotted by the Bavarian commander was the withdrawal of 2^nd division.   1^st division was still deployed to hold the town.

As the Bavarian light horse approached Obernzell they came under fire from a well placed Austrian battery.   The cavalry suffered 10% casualties and hastily withdrew out of range to report and await further orders.