Battles - Alexander von Kotzebue

 Salvete Omnes,

today is the anniversary of battle of Leipzig, 16th-19th Ocotober 1813.

For me the battle will always be remembered through the tragic death of our Polish hero - Prince Jozef (Joseph) A. Poniatowski, who was killed by a bullet when trying to mount the French-defended bank of the White Elster River ( Běły Halštrow (Lusatian slavic) Bílý Halštrov (Czech),   Weiße Elster (German)). Most likely killed by the French infantry, his aide de camp captain Hippolyte Blechamps who tried to save the prince also perished in the river.

Pacem Aeternam to all fallen, both men and their trusted horses. 

I would like to bring to your attention the paintings of a German-Russian painter of the XIX century - Alexander von Kotzebue (1815-1889). Alexander was the disciple of another Russian imperial painter, Alexander Sauerweid. 

some of his paintings - mostly the Seven Years war 

Valete

Horse soldiers of Duchy of Warsaw - prints circa 1831AD

 Salvete Omnes,

a quick entry - Dog days of the summer - 

ad rem, one of my favorite periods in Polish uniform history is the Duchy of Warsaw: 1806-1815AD , during the Napoleonic Wars.

Poniatowski and his staff in Krakow's Sukiennice 1809, Stachowicz pinxit

Stachowicz, Michał (1768-1825) conceived the idea and drawings while a German engraver Sebastian Langer (1772-1841) executed the prints for a publication in Krakow (then a so called Free City of Krakow) in 1831.

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Valete