After 200 years, Napoleon again defeated in Leipzig

Agencies Published October 21, 2013
French actor Franck Samson in the role of Napoleon, third left, gestures during the reconstruction of the Battle of the Nations. - Photo by AP
French actor Franck Samson in the role of Napoleon, third left, gestures during the reconstruction of the Battle of the Nations. - Photo by AP

The east German city of Leipzig is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars on Sunday by reenacting the Battle of Nations, with 6,000 military-historic association enthusiasts from all over Europe. Some 185,000 French troops and 320,000 allied troops from Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden, entered into the decisive battle just outside Leipzig on October 16, 1813.

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