Editing Battle of Leipzig (section)

====Action at Dölitz====
[[File:Battle of Leipzig by Zauerweid.jpg|thumb|275px|Overview of the battlefield]]
The Austrian II Corps, commanded by Merveldt, advanced towards [[Connewitz]] via Gautzsch and attempted to attack the position. By the time Napoleon arrived on the battlefield along with the [[Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)|Young Guard]] and some Chasseurs, Merveldt found that the avenue of advance was well covered by the French battery and some [[skirmisher]]s who had occupied the houses there and did not permit the Austrians to deploy their artillery in support of the attack. Merveldt himself in an unlucky turn was wounded and captured by the French after he went straight into the Saxon-Polish lines at the Pleiße River. Repulsed, the Austrians then moved to attack nearby Dölitz, down a road crossed by two bridges and leading to a manor house and a mill. Two companies of the 24th Regiment ousted the small Polish garrison and took the position. A prompt counterattack by the Saxons and Poles ejected the Austrian troops and the battle seesawed until the Austrians brought up a strong artillery battery and blew the Poles out of the position. The Poles suffered heavy casualties during their furious defense and set fire to both the manor and the mill during their retreat.{{sfn|napolun|2021}}