Description The battle of Leipzig was, in terms of the number of combatants involved, the largest engagement of the entire Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815).
It was the only battle of the wars in which all Allied armies (including even the Swedes) fielded troops against Napoleon.
Peter Hofschroer looks at the run-up to this crucial encounter as well as the battle itself.
A wealth of background information is chronicled, including the strategies of both sides and detailed information on.
Osprey Publishing (uk) Leipzig 1813: the battle of the nations, paperback/peter hofschroer
