Battle of Leipzig

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Military art prints of the Battle of Leipzig by leading military artists, published by Cranston Fine Arts, the military print company.

The Battle of Leipzig 16th to 18th  October 1813.          After two attempts to take the Capital of Berlin, Napoleon withdrew his army west of the River Elbe on September 24 th 1813  Napoleon was planning to use Leipzig situated on the River Elster as his forward command base.  At this time the combined allied forces were moving towards Leipzig. The Prussian force under General Blucher from Wartenburg where he had arrived on the 3rd October 1813.  The  Austrian Force under the command of Prince Karl von Schwarzenberg approached from Dresdon to the south of Leipzig. The third Force under the command of The Swedish crown Prince Jean Bernadotte.( It is interesting to learn that Bernadotte had once been a French Marshal) He approached with his army from the North of Leipzig.   The French Army had a total of 122,000 men at Leipzig  with another 53,000 still to arrive.                                                                                                                                                             The Battle started on the 16th of October with a Russian assault under the command of General Mikhail Barclay de Tolly. The Russian assault of78,000 did not break the southern French defenses and the attack petered out. Giving the French time to counter attack which drove back the Russian army.  The Nightfall the french had held their position  after two attacks one on each flank. On the 17th their was little fighting  instead Napoleon had time to bring his force upto full strength as the other 53,000 men managed to withdraw into Leipzig. The allies took swelled their ranks as all three armies occupied the area around Leipzig and on the 18th The full strength armies of thre allies totalling  some 355,000 men Launched a huge attack on all French fortifications   These huge assaults gained little ground as the fench held their positions. Napoleon knew that he army could not hold off such a large force for long and during the night withdrew most of his force across the Elstere towards the town of Erfurt.  Unfortunately for Napoleon His rearguard force of some 20,000 men were cut off when the only bridge across the river Elster was blown up before they could cross.  The French casualties were 38,000 Killed or wounded plus a total of 30,000 taken prisoner which included many thousands who had been in the city Hospitals during the Battle. Amongst the French dead was the Polish prince Jozef Poniatowski who had been a French Marshal.  and a major figure taken prisoner was The French General Jacques Lauriston. The Allies lost a total of 52,000.The Battle of Leipzig is often referred to as the Battle of the nations. another interesting fact is that a small contingent of British Forces under the command of the Swedish Prince Bernadotte, This force included the Royal Horse artillery Rocket troop. 

Battle of Leipzig by Richard Knotel.

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Battle of Leipzig by Richard Knotel.

Open edition print. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £37.00

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Gerald Coulson has been painting professionally for over 30 years and has a reputation that is second to none. Entirely self taught, he developed his technique to such a high standard that his work was published as fine art prints, enabling him to begin a full time painting career in 1969. Since that time his work, covering many different subjects, has been published and marketed worldwide as both open and limited edition prints. Gerald has had many one-man shows both in the UK and the USA and his work has been extensively exhibited throughout the world. A recent one man show of his in the UK attracted more than 3000 people in two days. The Fine Art Trade Guild have placed him in the top ten best selling artists no less than fifteen times - three times at number one. Coulson's passion for aircraft stems from childhood. This passion led to an apprenticeship as an aircraft engineer after which he served in the RAF as a technician and with British Airways as an engineer at Heathrow. His knowledge of aircraft engineering, combined with his drawing ability, led to him becoming a Technical Illustrator of service manuals for Civil and Military aircraft. These experiences and technical background have allowed him an insight and intimate knowledge of the aircraft he paints. Along with a unique ability to capture these aircraft on canvas this naturally led to a painting career which he has developed to successfully cover a wide variety of subjects. Following a trip to the 1991 British Grand Prix his interest in Motor racing was fuelled. His ability to capture the technical detail and a talent for painting subjects at speed meant that this was a perfect natural progression alongside his aviation work and he is now also firmly established as one of the worlds leading motor racing artists. A Vice President and founder member of the Guild of Aviation Artists he is a four times winner of the Flight International Trophy for outstanding aviation painting. He qualified for his pilots licence in 1960 and is still actively flying today - mostly vintage aircraft, and can often be seen buzzing over the Fens of Cambridgeshire in a Tiger Moth. Whatever the subject he paints, whether aviation, landscape or portrait, his unique ability to capture the realism and 'mood'of the scene is unsurpassed, making him one of the most widely collected and highly regarded artists in the world today.

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