Today is the 200 years anniversary of the Battle at Halle Saale. On 2nd May 1813 a Prussian corps occupied the French occupied Halle:
Though the Prussians were victorious the battle was almost irrelevant, because the defeat at the Battle of Großgörschenfroced the Prussians to withdraw its troops to the Mark Brandenburg and Berlin protecting it from the advancing French, who were at Torgau and Wittenberg on the Elbe. But Marshal Ney moved to Bautzen to support Napoleon.
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The Prussians appeared on 2nd May at Halle and started the attack at 6 o' clock on the northern suburbs, which could be taken, because the French were completely surprised by it. Only at the northern outskirts of the city, skirmishing began to develop. After several hours of fighting at the gates they were taken. After heavy losses of the French they fled across the Saale Bridge on the road to Lauchstädt. 432 Frenchmen were captured, as well as several artillery were conquered.*
Though the Prussians were victorious the battle was almost irrelevant, because the defeat at the Battle of Großgörschenfroced the Prussians to withdraw its troops to the Mark Brandenburg and Berlin protecting it from the advancing French, who were at Torgau and Wittenberg on the Elbe. But Marshal Ney moved to Bautzen to support Napoleon.
