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00:00 Spring Campaign 1813
25:17 Summer Campaign 1813
40:19 Battle of Leipzig 1813
53:44 Napoleon's Retreat 1813

After Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Russia he was still able to put up a fight and was determined to beat the enemy coalition in the German lands. But after a spring campaign and the battle of Grossbeeren, and the later battles of Bautzen and the Katzbach, the Emperor was beaten at the Battle of Leipzig 1813.

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