Lützen 1813:
Prussia Re-enters the Fray
Napoleon and the Colonel
by Patrick E. Wilson, UK
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Knowing of what vital importance success at Lützen was, to arrest the torrent of misfortune that threatened to submerge his empire, Napoleon made the most extraordinary efforts to animate the spirit of his troops. Shortly before he had, for some fault, degraded from his rank the colonel of a battalion, who, being a very brave man, was much beloved by his soldiers. When the regiment was to charge, under Count Lobau, to regain Kaia, he rode up to the front of the battalion and replaced the colonel in his station, after addressing to him a few words. The shouts of joy from the battalion resounded over the field, the cry spread from rank to rank, and was heard even above the roar of the artillery, and the battalion, heading a column, soon was to be seen mounting in the most gallant style a height behind Starsiedel. More Battle of Lutzen: 1813
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