Napoleon halts the advance at leipzig

What if Napoleon and his field marshals succeeded in defending Leipzig from the coalition or even caused up to 100,000 casualties to the coalition with only losing up to 50,000 or if oudinot didnt lose and manged to reach berlin causing the prussians not to be present is this possible or impossible?
 
What if Napoleon and his field marshals succeeded in defending Leipzig from the coalition or even caused up to 100,000 casualties to the coalition with only losing up to 50,000 or if oudinot didnt lose and manged to reach berlin causing the prussians not to be present is this possible or impossible?
Allegedly the monarch heads of the coalition due to bad luck almost had been under a fatal attack by French cavalry. What if they had become casulties ? Would the Allies loose Leipzig ?
 
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Allegedly the monarch heads of the coalition due to bad luck almost had been under an fatal attack by French cavalry. What if they had become casulties ? Would the Allies loose Leipzig ?
A amazing Murat Charge on Alexander the I sending the russians running?
 
The problem whith Leipzig is that Napoleon should not have fought there in the first place, he felt that he need to hold Saxony inored to keep the rhinebound together but that caused him to be trapped defending a geografice point, something he had proven whith his other campaigns that one dose not need them (or at least you will gene them anyway) but one needs to deffite the enemy army.

Anyway Napoleon needs to focest his intiere army for his anical attack during the first day instead of spreading his army out to defend agenst an enemy that wouldn't arrive until the next day and that can be delt whith once the main austro-russen force is delt with.basicly he needs to do another dresdin or Leipzig but hope that his reformed Calvary can turn this one into a divisive engagement, unfortunately I'm not vary convitnt that Napoleon Calvary can do that so the most he can hope for is another indecisive engagement whith more unrecoverable casualty against enamyes that have much larger army's and better ability to replace losses.

But if he is able to have a divisive victory it would bring back a lot of Napoleon prestige back and would put a huge dampner on the coalition war effort, Alexander at this point am petty sure would prefer to burn his own country down (again) before surrendering to Napoleon after the russen invation, most of the Prussian army really wanted this war but they basically had to force king Williams hand and with his army crushed I can see him making a deal whith Napoleon to save his own throne, the Austrians am not sure about, they have a stronger relationship whith Napoleon then the rest (and gave him the best peace tearms ironically )but they also really wanted him out of Germany and Italy and they are the freshest out any combatant in this coalition (russia got into a ressetion so bad it cused a small revolution because of the damage caused by the French invation and Briton had basicly not stoped fighting sense 1803)
So I can see them going irher way.

So unless Napoleon can pull of at list 2 more austrlizs in edition to Leipzig whith a much worse army in command. then I'm not seeing history end end much differently gust more bloody.
 
The problem whith Leipzig is that Napoleon should not have fought there in the first place, he felt that he need to hold Saxony inored to keep the rhinebound together but that caused him to be trapped defending a geografice point, something he had proven whith his other campaigns that one dose not need them (or at least you will gene them anyway) but one needs to deffite the enemy army.

Anyway Napoleon needs to focest his intiere army for his anical attack during the first day instead of spreading his army out to defend agenst an enemy that wouldn't arrive until the next day and that can be delt whith once the main austro-russen force is delt with.basicly he needs to do another dresdin or Leipzig but hope that his reformed Calvary can turn this one into a divisive engagement, unfortunately I'm not vary convitnt that Napoleon Calvary can do that so the most he can hope for is another indecisive engagement whith more unrecoverable casualty against enamyes that have much larger army's and better ability to replace losses.

But if he is able to have a divisive victory it would bring back a lot of Napoleon prestige back and would put a huge dampner on the coalition war effort, Alexander at this point am petty sure would prefer to burn his own country down (again) before surrendering to Napoleon after the russen invation, most of the Prussian army really wanted this war but they basically had to force king Williams hand and with his army crushed I can see him making a deal whith Napoleon to save his own throne, the Austrians am not sure about, they have a stronger relationship whith Napoleon then the rest (and gave him the best peace tearms ironically )but they also really wanted him out of Germany and Italy and they are the freshest out any combatant in this coalition (russia got into a ressetion so bad it cused a small revolution because of the damage caused by the French invation and Briton had basicly not stoped fighting sense 1803)
So I can see them going irher way.

So unless Napoleon can pull of at list 2 more austrlizs in edition to Leipzig whith a much worse army in command. then I'm not seeing history end end much differently gust more bloody.
And if he captures the coalition monarchs?
 
Game over for Europe imo
I’m talking about wi he wins Leipzig decisively and by capturing the monarchs on day 1 which he had an opportunity to do,not whether he wins another two austerlitz or not.Would this be suffice to get an advantageous peace?
 
And if he captures the coalition monarchs?

Then maby Napoleon can get the peace treaty he needs but I'm not vary convinced that he could do it considering that that never happened at any point during the Napoleonic wars (and a long time before that) but if he was able to then I see
Alexamder: making a peace to save his own live, then repudeat it at the next available point.
Willam: would love a peace treaty to save his kingdom only to have his own army make his wife or son regont and continue the war.
Franz: would also make peace and leave the war

So that would give Napoleon valuable birthing space but the problem is that his mistakes earlier (the Spanish ulser) mines that he dose not have the man power to win the war with britain and his enemy are gust going to try agene within 3 years time and continue to grind his army down.

At this point the only option for Napoleon to coutue his empire is for Napoleon to volvoluntary give up germany, Italy, Netherlands and probably Belgium and to give up his throne to his Austrian son inoreder for any kind of lasting peace to be created after the Russian invation, and that not only would this be so asb for Napoleon to do but I'm not entirely convinced it would even help keep the napolions on the throne of France.

So in short I still think napolions would still need two more Australiz's in order to make a stable peace after a very implosable victory a Leipzig.
 
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