On the Southern flank the village of Serapallen was empty troops from either side re-organising before the push into the village.
Just to the north of Serpallen Tuchkov's Dragoon regiment engages the Bavarian Chevau leger!
Davout was pinned by the horde of Russian Cavalry brought in by Prince Galitzin, his divisions of infantry suffering from the blinding snow, hindering movement and those that could see weren’t taking any chances with the Russian Cuirassier and had formed battalion squares.
The Hussars from the Russian 3rd take on one of Klein's regiments.
In the centre the cavalry of the 5th (Tuchkov) Russian Division along with the 3rd (Osten-Sacken)and 4th (Samov) Division’s looked to hold up the approach of Murat’s Cavalry Corps.
The Hussars from the Russian 3rd can be seen top of the picture, while the troops of the 4th Division await the French onslaught.
The fight however proved to be quite brief, whole regiments committed to the fray quickly thundered back to their own lines. The Russian horse coming off the worst!
To the North of the central plain, Soult’s division’s rolled forward delivering disciplined volleys into the swarms of Cossacks and Hussars in front of them.
Soult's troops advance toward the Russian lines, driving snow caused mayhem however.
Soult's troops collided in the blizzard, causing confusion and holding up the advance.
Soult's troops line out to stop the cossacks.
The snow fluctuated between light and heavy, mostly heavy and with the visibility drastically reduced the advance became somewhat tentative. There were Cossacks out the after all!!
Cossacks seeking a flank or some disorder to take advantage of!
More of the swarms of Cossacks, while not real battle cavalry, the fact that they can declare charges at a 90 degree angle leaves opponents cautious of them.
Tomorrow I will provide more on the real fight, the village of Serpallen and the centre.