47 THEY FOUGHT WITH EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY. THE III GERMAN (SAXON) ARMY CORPS IN THE SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, 1814.pdf

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They Fought with Extraordinary
Bravery
III German (Saxon) Army Corps in the Southern
Netherlands, 1814
Geert Van Uythoven
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Text © Geert Van Uythoven 2019
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Cover: The Saxon Hussars in the Combat of Sweweghem, 31 March 1814. Artwork by Christa Hook
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Contents
Introduction
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
The Advance of the Army of the North
The Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Bernadotte, and Bülow
The creation of III German Corps
First Blood: February 1814
Courtray 1–13 March 1814
The Siege of Maubeuge
The Combat of Sweweghem (or Courtray)
Tournay
The End of the Campaign
iv
5
15
24
39
56
74
87
105
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129
131
133
135
137
Appendices
I
Composition and Strength III German Corps, 3 January 1814
II
Composition, Strength and Dispositions of III German Corps 20
February 1814
III Composition and Dispositions of III German Corps, 18 March 1814
IV Organisation and Dispositions of III German Corps 3 April 1814
V
Organisation of the Saxon Landwehr
VI Composition of
Generalleutnant
von Wallmoden’s Russo-
German Legion, March 1814
VII Projected Final Order of Battle of III German Corps
VIII Order of Battle of 1st French Army Corps (bis) (Maison), end of
March 1814
Bibliography

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