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The Campaign of 1813 in Saxony
day by day

In the spring of 1813, a new coalition against France (the sixth) had just been concluded between the Russians, the Prussians and the English. Poland had been invaded, then Germany as far as the Elbe River. In response, Napoleon I brought together the forces he had from across the Rhine and personally led them. The Saxony campaign would last nearly seven months.

A landscape in Saxony around Bautzen
A landscape in Saxony, around Bautzen

We followed the Emperor's wanderings day after day, and captured in images the current appearance of the places in this campaign, as far as possible. Indeed, some cities, two centuries later, have become gigantic by absorbing all the surrounding villages, such as Dresden or Leipzig ... The iconography will be enriched with each of the future stays that we will be able to make in these regions.

April 1813

April of 1813

May 1813

May of 1813

June 1813

June of 1813

July 1813

July of 1813

August 1813

August of 1813

September 1813

September of 1813

October 1813

October of 1813

November 1813

November of 1813

All of Napoleon's movements from 1769 to 1821 All of Napoleon's movements from 1769 to 1821

Photos credits

  Photos by Lionel A. Bouchon.
  Photos by Didier Grau.
  Photos by Michèle Grau-Ghelardi.
  Photos by Marie-Albe Grau.
  Photos by Floriane Grau.
  Photos by various authors. Thanks to Mrs. Christiane Deshaies-Da Luz for the photo of the Eckartsberga Castle she kindly offered us.

Sources

This page has as its main sources the successive works of Albert Schuermans, Louis Garros and Jean Tulard, as well as the writings of Roger Iappini.