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    Peter O'Brien
    Apr 05, 2020

    Swedish forces at Leipzig 1813 Hi guys what were the actual Swedish units present at the battle please Peter

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    John Gill
    Apr 24, 2020

    Brilliant--herzlichen Dank!

    And warm greetings from rainy Virginia

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    Markus Stein
    Apr 19, 2020

    Jack,


    you my download all Circulaire at http://www.napoleon-online.de/quellen_circulaire.html ... the direct link to the article, Hans-Karl quoted is http://www.napoleon-online.de/Dokumente/Circulaire_1994_1.pdf#page=27


    Greetings from Berlin

    Markus Stein

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    John Gill
    Apr 19, 2020

    Excellent anecdote, Hans-Karl! Can you give us the source? (And 'kommt mir schwedisch vor' is one to remember!)

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    Roy Everson
    Apr 07, 2020

    Uff da! Should have studied French. Doh!

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    Hans - Karl Weiß
    Apr 06, 2020

    Oliver Schmidt wrote a very nice article and full of humor in "Circulaire" 1 / 94, pp 28


    "Das kommt mir schwedisch vor" (a German saying if something doesn't seem right) - it comments about a Swedish Jäger battalion at Leipzig (which panicked at the first shot), when the Swedish Crown Prince commented :

    Eh bien, mes braces Suédois, se sont - ils bien battu? A Prussian ADC to general Kleist - who was known not to hold back replied : " Vos braves Suédois, se sont battu comme des badauds"

    The Crown Prince - became so enraged by that - that the Prussian King only with greatest effort could calm him down.



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    Markus Stein
    Apr 06, 2020

    Until around 2000 the American magazine "Napoleon" could be subscribed, a really valuable source with interesting articles.


    In no. 8 an article about the Swedish horse artillery in 1813 was published ... and so I add a scan to this post. You also find a schematic OOB of the Swedish troops in this article.


    Greetings from Berlin

    Markus Stein

    Swedish_Artillery_Leipzig1813_Napoleon_no8
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    Peter O'Brien
    Apr 06, 2020
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    Thanks Markus I actually have that issue in the attic I must hunt it down .. after reading Nafziger it seems it was mainly the Swedish artillery that was involved at Leipzig initially the horse artillery followed by the foot and then the heavy artillery .

    i will still build a small infantry and cavalry brigade using ground Perry figs


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    Hans - Karl Weiß
    Apr 06, 2020

    This link gives detailed information


    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Koalitionstruppen_in_der_V%C3%B6lkerschlacht_bei_Leipzig#Schlesische_Armee

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    Peter O'Brien
    Apr 06, 2020
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    Thanks Karl 👍

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    Zack White
    Apr 05, 2020

    Hi Peter, thanks for posting this interesting question. Could you visit the members area and amend your profile information so that it lists your full name, not just your email address as your posting name? This is one of the forum rules. Many thanks Zack

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    Peter O'Brien
    Apr 05, 2020
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    Ok will do Zack great site by the way especially now that the Napoleon series site is gone

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    Zack White
    Apr 05, 2020
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    Thanks Peter! The Napoleon Series itself has been relaunched, just without the forum. I think Gareth did a post the other day with details.

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