Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Don yakin bazara na 1813, Ricard ya dauki umurnin 11th Infantry Division a cikin Marshal Michel Ney's III Corps. Brigade na 1 ya ƙunshi Battalions na 3 da na 4 na 9th Light Infantry da battalions biyu kowannensu na 17th da 18th Regiments na wucin gadi. Rundunar ta 2 ta ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi huɗu kowannensu na 142nd da 144th Line Infantry. Akwai sojoji 7,608, 'yan bindiga 175,' yan bindiga 152, da kuma direbobi 305. Dukkanin kamfanonin dakarun da aka haɗe da su suna dauke da makamai shida da shida da kuma biyu 51⁄2-inch howitzers. A Yaƙin Lützen
a ranar 2 ga Mayu 1813 sojojin Rasha da Prussia sun yi mamakin lokacin da suka kai hari ga III Corps. Joseph Souham na 8th da Jean-Baptiste Girard na 10th sun shawo kan karfi na farko. Girard ta artillery ba nan da nan samuwa don haka da bindigogi na Antoine François Brenier de Montmorand ta 9th Division da Ricard ta division da aka yi amfani da goyon baya. Yaƙe-yaƙe na daji sun kasance a kusa da ƙauyuka huɗu waɗanda aka ci gaba da karɓar su. Sojojin Ricard sun sake kama ƙauyen Kaja da rana.