2-715-214 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Battle of the Nations, Leipzig, 16-19 October 1813, (1936). 'Die Völkerschlacht Bei Leipzig, 16-19 Oktober 1813'. The allied monarchs: King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Emperor Franz I of Austria, watch the battle's progress from a hill. The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations, fought at at Leipzig, Saxony (Germany), was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition. The Battle was the most decisive defeat inflicted on Napoleon's forces before his final loss at Waterloo. The Battle of the Nations was the largest battle fought on European soil before World War I, and 500,000 troops were involved. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]