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==Aftermath== [[File:Frühjahrsfeldzug 1813.png|thumb|upright=2.5|Army movements in the Spring Campaign of 1813]] Napoleon demonstrated his usual prowess in driving back the Russo-Prussian force at Lützen, but the costliness of his victory had a major impact on the war. Lützen was followed by the [[Battle of Bautzen (1813)|Battle of Bautzen]] eighteen days later, where Napoleon was again victorious but with the loss of another 22,000 men, twice as many as the Russo-Prussian army.{{sfn|Clark|2006|p=365}} The ferocity of these two battles prompted Napoleon to accept a temporary armistice on June 4 with Tsar Alexander and King Frederick William III. This agreement provided the allies the respite to organise and re-equip their armies and, perhaps more importantly, encouraged Britain to provide Russia and Prussia with war subsidies totalling seven million pounds.{{sfn|Clark|2006|p=365}} The financial security offered by this agreement was a major boon to the war effort against Napoleon. Another important result of the battle was that it encouraged [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] to join the allied Coalition upon the armistice's expiration, shifting the balance of power dramatically in the Coalition's favor.{{sfn|Clark|2006|p=366}} Due to these developments, Napoleon later regarded the June 4 truce, bought at Lützen and Bautzen, as the undoing of his power in Germany.{{sfn|Clark|2006|p=365}} During the battle of Lützen, [[Gerhard von Scharnhorst]], one of the brightest and most able Prussian generals, was wounded while serving as Wittgenstein's Chief of Staff. Although his wound was minor, the hasty retreat prevented proper treatment, allowing a fatal infection to set in.{{sfn|Dupuy|Dupuy|1986|p=760}}
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