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The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle took place around the city of Dresden in modern-day Germany . With the recent addition of Austria , the Sixth Coalition felt emboldened in their quest to expel the French from Central Europe .
Saint-Cyr's corps played a major role in Emperor Napoleon I's victory at the Battle of Dresden in late August. Since it was assigned to garrison Dresden, the XIV Corps missed the Battle of Leipzig in October. Isolated after Napoleon's decisive defeat at Leipzig, the unit endured the Siege of Dresden which ended in November with a French surrender.
During the Peninsular War from 1808 until 1814, the Middle Guard positioned between the Old Guard and the Young Guard, saw action during key moments of the war, particularly in France's battles against British and Portuguese forces. However, as the war dragged on, the Middle Guard faced increasingly difficult circumstances.
After the French defeat at the Battle of Leipzig the garrison of Dresden was cut off and eventually besieged by the Russian Corps commanded by Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy which was joined on 26 October by the Austrian IV Corps commanded by Johann von Klenau.
The coalition now had a clear numerical superiority, which they eventually brought to bear on Napoleon's main forces, despite earlier setbacks such as the Battle of Dresden. The high point of allied strategy was the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, which ended in a decisive defeat for Napoleon.
The Old Guard earned its fearsome reputation through the many military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars, from the Battle of Austerlitz, to the Battle of Dresden, to the famous and final Battle of Waterloo (June 1815).
The Battle of Borodino was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Napoleonic Wars. The new Grande Armée was somewhat different from before; over one-third of its ranks were now filled by non-French conscripts coming from satellite states or countries allied to France.
The Garde du Corps, and Zastrow cuirassiers were sent to a different corps and participated in the charge of the Great Redoubt during the Battle of Borodino, and rescued Napoleon from the cossacks. The commanding staff of the Saxon divisions is listed as follows: Commander: Lieutenant General Edler von Le Coq; Chief of Staff: Colonel von Langenau