Editing Battle of Bautzen (1813) (section)

==Aftermath==
Although another battle victory for the French, Bautzen was not the decisive, strategic result that Napoleon had wanted. Ney's failure to cut the line of retreat robbed the French of complete victory. Once more, Napoleon had to settle for a narrow and costly victory with over 20,000 French casualties. To make matters worse, during the battle, Napoleon's close friend and [[Grand Marshal of the Palace]], General [[Geraud Duroc]], was mortally wounded by a [[Round shot|cannonball]] the day after the battle and died. Following Bautzen, Napoleon agreed to a nine-week truce with the Coalition, requested by the Allies on 2 June 1813. The [[Armistice of Pläswitz]] was signed on 4 June, and lasted until 20 July but was later extended to 10 August. On the same 4 June the [[Battle of Luckau]] was fought. Napoleon hoped to gather more troops, especially cavalry, and better train his new army, but the allies were not idle and mobilised better prepared forces. After hostilities were resumed, the Austrians joined the ranks of the allies. It is reported that Napoleon later (on Saint Helena) said that his agreement to that truce was a bad mistake because the break was of much more use to the allies than to him.