NAPOLEON'S RESURGENCE: War of Liberation Part 1: Spring 1813 Renaissance of the Grande Armee

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Napoleon advanced into Saxony with a fresh army of 130,000 men, conscripted and trained from scratch in just four months. The green cannon fodder lost 25,000 of their number at the Battle of Lutzen on May 2nd, and 15,000 more fell out along the march from weakness, malnutrition, and disease.

With additional reinforcements the army surged again to 160,000, intercepting the Coalition armies at Bautzen. The French lost 12,000 men, and even more through march attrition. The Russians and Prussians were losing just as many, and had not as many to lose. Yet Napoleon's mere 6,500 cavalry were wholly inadequate to impel his pursuits with the needed punch to damage the enemy. In hopes of building up his strength in cavalry and the other arms, Napoleon accepted a six-week truce. Late Summer negotiations, when they finally came, were not seriously engaged.

Battles: Lutzen, Struggle for the Four Villages, 2 May; Bautzen, The Guard's Moment of Truth, 20-21 May; and Luckau, Gateway to Berlin, 6 June.

Components: Two 22x34-inch maps, One 17x22-inch map, One 11x34-inch map, 560 die-cut units, 100 playing cards, Two rulebooks, 15 player aid cards, and Game box.