ヤフーのトップに出てました。
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「プルトゥスクの戦い」とは、またマイナーな戦いを再現したものだと、
ネットを検索していたら、「AUSTERLITZ 2005」http://www.austerlitz2005.com/en/
というプロジェクト主催のかなり大掛かりななイベントでした。見てみたいです。
「プルトゥスクの戦い」とは、「イエナ・アウエルシュタットの戦い」で
プロイセン軍を撃破し、「ベルリン」に入場した皇帝ナポレオンが、
ロシア軍の保護を求めてポーランド方面にあるプロイセンの飛地領土に逃走した
プロイセン王フリードリヒ・ヴィルヘルム３世を追ってポーランドに侵攻した際に、
ロシア軍と交戦した戦いです（１８０６年１２月２６日）。
ナポレオン配下のランヌLannes第５軍２万６０００とロシア軍ベニグセンBenningsen将軍
率いる４万が戦いました。詳細は下記の通りですが、ランヌ将軍は、雪と泥の入り混じる混戦の中、
「プルトゥスク」の確保に成功しますが、実際は、ギュダン師団Gudin's divisionの増援を
過大評価した、ベニグセン将軍の退却の判断によるものでした。
実際、ベニグセン将軍は、「プルトゥスクの戦い」をロシア軍の「勝利」と考え、
この後、ナポレオン軍とロシア軍の間で、「アイラウの戦い」（１８０７年２月８日）
が行なわれます。「アイラウの戦い」は、皇帝ナポレオンにとって、「大陸軍」として初めての
「引分け」であり、後の「ロシア遠征」での惨事における教訓を数多く内包する戦いでした。
The battle of Pultusk (December 26th 1806) does not belong among the decisive general battles of the Napoleonic wars. On the French side was involved the Vth Corps of marshal Lannes and Gudin's division (under general Daultanne) from the IIIrd Corps of marshal Davout, totally some 26.000 men. Marshal Lannes' task was to capture the town of Pultusk and the local bridge across the Narew River. The core of French forcers advanced towards Golymin.
But the Russian army of some 40.000 men and 120 guns under general Benningsen stood right at Pultusk and the French had no notion about it. There general Benningsen's intention was to strike a decisive battle against the enemy and dislocated his divisions into two lines southwest of the town. Neither of the two opponents was sure what forces he was facing. Marshal Lannes underestimated Russians and had thrown both his divisions into a fierce at-tack without hesitations.
French charges and Russian countercharges went on in a sea of mud and barrage of the December snow. The fierce fighting lasted several hours. The French were not able to hold gained positions and they were running out of energy. Luckily for them in the very breaking point general Daultanne with Gudin's division arrived to the battlefield and immediately charged against the Russian right flank. Lannes restored the pressure in his direction, too. However, the Russian army sustained the countercharge and around 8 PM the battle slowly ended. Bennigsen suspected that French reinforcements are much stronger and that he would not be able to face them the next morning. Therefore he had decided to order general retreat and demolish the bridge across Narew. Following that the French seized the town.
According to different sources the French lost 2.000-8.000 dead, wounded and captured, Rus-sians some 3.000-5.000. From the tactical point of view Benningsen could be considered as the winner as he was able to repel the French attack. Lannes, saved from the defeat by general Daultanne in the last minute took the important strategic success. The battle of Pultusk is the notable event. Not because of some interesting tactical maneuver, set plan as at Austerlitz for example but of exceptionally unfavorable weather conditions, persistence of both struggling sides as well as uncertainty and mistakes of both commanders-in-chief of whom one was the luckier.