Situation after the 06:00 turn:
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| French dragoons have driven the Cossacks from the plateau near Heinrichsdorf. Russian line infantry have filled the northern end of the town. |
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| French Hussars are pressing a Russian line infantry brigade posted between the millstream and a less formidable stream to the north (bottom of the photo). |
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| Mortier and his VIII Corps enter the battle. |
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| The Saxon heavy cavalry has been destroyed, but the Saxon infantry brigades are holding strong. A regiment of Hussars is the only thing that stands between the Russians and Posthenen. |
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| The 1st brigade of the 3rd division (Saxon) of the Reserve Corps holds off the Russian Support Division and Advanced Guard, but at a heavy cost. |
Situation after the 07:00 turn:
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| This elite Hussar regiment successfully fights off two Russian cavalry brigades. The legend of the 9th Hussars begins! |
Situation after the 08:00 turn:
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| The Russians finally destroy the 9th Hussars. |
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| The Saxon infantry continues to hold, but is hard-pressed. |
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| The Russian batteries repulse repeated charges of French cavalry just outside of Posthenen (bottom right). |
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| Stalemate outside of Heinrichsdorf as both sides take heavy casualties. |
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| The French VIII corps artillery deploys. |
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| The Russian left wing cavalry mass near the Sortlack Wood. |
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| Repeated cavalry attacks have destroyed most of the Russian infantry in the center, but at a heavy cost to the French Reserve Cavalry Corps. |
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| Cheatin' Bob gets ready to advance Gallitzin's command. |
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| The Russian 14th Division prepares to cross the Alle and move into Friedland. |
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| The Polish infantry and cavalry of the French VIII Corps move in to stabilize the French right flank. |
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| The rest of Mortier's VIII Corps holds on against determined Russian cavalry attacks. |
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| Lannes' aide-de-camp is wounded during the battle forcing Lannes to take direct command of the Reserve Corps units one by one. Many have been destroyed, and the survivors are forming near a hill just northwest of Posthenen. |
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| A brigade of French grenadiers in Heinrichsdorf are all that is left of the French left flank. |
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| The Poles push back the lead elements of the Russian left. |
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| But the Russian left is still pretty strong, and has a lot of artillery. |
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| A huge Polish brigade occupies a town. |
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| The remnants of the Reserve Corps form up. |
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| The Russian 1st (Guard) Division smashes the last of the French grenadiers and occupies Heinrichsdorf. |
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| An Emperor's-eye view of the battlefield as Napoleon approaches from the west. |
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