Campaign Move 26

1600 10^th September 1813

General Klenau was not expecting to fight a battle.  

His 3^rd division had suffered heavy casualties during the earlier fighting, and he had ordered both of the divisions of 2^nd Austrian corps to rest, resupply and rally during 10^th September in preparation for renewed fighting the following day.

8^th French corps were poorly prepared for battle.  

3^rd division had 20% casualties to their cavalry brigade, and the whole division was too far north to attack Withering.   As a result they would have little space to deploy between 11^th division and the river Danube.

But 11^th division was the real problem.   Although they only had 320 infantry casualties, these were spread between three of the four infantry brigades.   As a result all three brigades would find it difficult to maintain their morale during the attack.   It would have been far wiser to wait 24 hours, receive reinforcements and concentrate the remaining casualties in one brigade.

However General Bertrand was determined to follow up his earlier success and ordered his corps to attack Withering.