Battle of Hanau
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| War of the Sixth Coalition |
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| Lützen – Bautzen - Grossbeeren - Katzbach - Dresden – Kulm - Dennewitz - Leipzig - Hanau – La Rothiere - Champaubert – Montmirail – Château-Thierry – Vauchamps - Montereau - Craonne - Laon - Arcis-sur-Aube - Paris |
Bavaria, a former French ally, joined the Sixth Coalition according to the Treaty of Ried concluded just before the battle of Leipzig. An Austro-Bavarian corps under prominent Bavarian Field marshal von Wrede attacked the retreating French army at Hanau, Hesse, however, were routed by Napoleon. Wrede received a wound in his head.
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