Battle of Lutzen

After Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Russia in 1802, the French troops found themselves decimated. In February 1803, the Kingdom of Prussia decided to ally itself with the Russian Empire to recoup the French conquests.
On May 2, 1813, while the rest of the troops of the Grand Army crossed the Elster to meet Wittgenstein's army, the French, who then occupied the city of Leipzig, were attacked by the Prussian-Russian allies who attacked them southwest of the city on the plain of Lutzen. Despite their numerical inferiority and a completely destroyed cavalry in Russia the year before, Napoleon and his troops achieved victory thanks to a clever strategy by the Emperor, which once again showed his military genius.
Pellerin, in his commentary, reports that Napoleon stood on his horse in the middle of the battlefield, “(seeing) everything around him perish; but always calm and master of his thoughts."