The

Battle for Papelotte

On the Allied left flank, there was a desperate struggle for the farm of Papelotte, and the village of Smohain, between the Nassau troops, under Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, and the 4th Division of 1st corps, led by General Durutte. If the French could break through here, then they could drive a wedge betwen the Allied army on the ridge, and the advancing Prussians