The Battle of the Nations at Leipzig, Germany Size:S: 36 x 28cm body half-turned to the right

body half-turned to the right as viewed

carrying strings of onions attached to either end of a long pole

the west side with All Souls church on the far right

FA Cup Final 1960 at Wembley

The Battle of the Nations at Leipzig, Germany Size:S: 36 x 28cm body half-turned to the rightThe Battle of the Nations at Leipzig, Germany, 18 October 1813 (1900). The Austrian commander, the Prince of Schwarzenberg, bringing news of the victory to the assembled allied monarchs. Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition, Leipzig was the most decisive defeat inflicted on Napoleon before his ultimate demise at Waterloo. With over 500,000 troops involved it was the largest battle fought on European soil before World War I.