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Allied forces cross Elbe and clash near Leipsic in 1813
The London Gazette logs the Elbe crossing on May 8 and a day of heavy fighting near Lutzen Weisenfels and Groschen as Prussian and Russian forces push toward Leipsic Blucher and Wittgenstein command bridges while Napoleon’s forces press Dresden Saxony shifts to the enemy. The report notes Prussian gallantry Mary of the kings and princes, andwartime losses, with Miloradovitch rear-guard actions and Saxon king's defection.
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