1200 19th August 1813
The campaign opened with a great deal of movement and
confusion, but with no contact between the two armies.
Both armies were widely deployed, and both sides wanted to
concentrate their corps before a battle was fought.
But first it was necessary to determine the exact location
of the enemy. The general location of
the main corps headquarters were known through spies and informers. But little was known of the exact location of
the forward divisions.
To this end both sides advanced towards each other, and
deployed cavalry screens in order to locate the enemy forward locations.
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