Editing Battle of Leipzig (section)

==Conclusion==
[[File:Declaration of victory after the Battle of Leipzig, 1813 (by Johann Peter Krafft).jpg|thumb|''[[The Declaration of Victory After the Battle of Leipzig]]'' by [[Johann Peter Krafft]], 1839.Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria, and Frederick William III of Prussia meeting after the battle]]
By the end of the battle on the afternoon of 19 October, the remnants of the ''Grande Armée'' had crossed the Elster River and begun a well-ordered retreat. The battle had ended conclusively and decisively with the nations of the Coalition as the victors, and the German Campaign was a complete failure for the French, although they achieved a minor victory when the [[Bavarian Army]] attempted to block the retreat of the ''Grande Armée'' at [[Battle of Hanau|Hanau]]. The heavy casualties the Coalition armies had incurred and their exhaustion from the bloody 4-day battle they fought made it impossible for them to promptly pursue the retreating ''Grande Armée''. The French were also exhausted after the battle, and were themselves retreating at a fast pace towards the Rhine.{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=937}}