Trachenberg Plan

War of the 6th Coalition: 1813
Napoleon's
battles
Day
Losses
Battle
Led by
0
2.200
Möckern
Eugène
Lützen
27
22.000
Bautzen
45
20.000
51
1.400
Haynau
Maison
56
2.200
Luckau
Oudinot
109
3.000
Großbeeren
Oudinot
112
30.000
Katzbach
Macdonald
Dresden
112
10.000
115
25.000
Kulm
Vandamme
123
23.000
Dennewitz
Ney
133
1.500
Göhrde
Pécheux
145
2.100
Altenburg
Lefebvre
146
700
Rosslau
Ney
150
1.900
Wartenburg
Bertrand
Leipzig
163
79.000
Hanau
177
4.500

Day: days gone since 5 April 1813, Battle of Möckern
Losses: French soldiers killed+wounded+captured
Red dot: French tactical victory

War of the 6th Coalition: 1814
Napoleon's
battles
Day
Losses
Battle
Led by
0
700
Bar-sur-Aube(1)
Mortier
Brienne
5
3.000
Rothière
8
4.000
9
?
Lesmont
Lagrange
Champau.
18
600
Montmirail
19
2.000
Thierry
20
400
Vaucham.
22
600
Mormant
25
600
Montereau
26
2.000
35
3.100
Bar-sur-Aube
Macdonald
36
250
Tresmes
Macdonald
37
1.300
Julien
Augereau
39
3.000
Laubressel
Macdonald
Craonne
43
5.400
Laon
45
6.500
47
700
Mâcon
Musnier
Reims
48
600
56
1.000
Limonest
Augereau
Arcis
56
3.000
61
10.000
Champenoise
Augereau
Dizier
62
600
66
5.000
Paris
Joseph

Day: days gone since 24 Jan 1814, Bar-sur-Aube(1)
Losses: French soldiers killed+wounded+captured
Red dot: French tactical victory

The Trachenberg Plan was a campaign strategy created by the Allies in the German Campaign of 1813 during the War of the Sixth Coalition, and named for the conference held at the palace of Trachenberg.[1] The plan advocated avoiding direct engagement with French emperor, Napoleon I, which had resulted from fear of the emperor's now legendary prowess in battle. Consequently, the Allies planned to engage and defeat Napoleon's marshals and generals separately, and thus weaken his army while they built up an overwhelming force even he could not defeat. It was decided upon after a series of defeats and near disasters at the hands of Napoleon at Lützen, Bautzen and Dresden. The plan was successful, and at the Battle of Leipzig, where the Allies had a considerable numerical advantage, Napoleon was soundly defeated and driven out of Germany, back to the Rhine.

  1. ^ Leggiere, Michael (2015). pp. 51–54