Battle of Hanau - Aftermath

Aftermath

Wrede suffered 9,000 casualties, Napoleon suffered much fewer, but some 10,000 French stragglers became Allied Prisoners of war between 28 and 31 October. The French reached Frankfurt on 2 November and were only 20 miles from their relatively safe rear base at Mainz.

Napoleon was not slowed or blocked or interfered with the victory on the way to Frankfurt, where he arrived in the afternoon of 31 October 1813 . The military sense of the battle was a clear victory for Napoleon. Wrede failed to block Napoleon's way. The allied forces of Russians, Prussians and Austrians had the Napoleon line of retreat cut, however he evaded the maneuver. The Kingdom of Bavaria wanted with this battle to support militarily their move to the side of the Allies. It didn't really matter to the Bavarian politicians and military whether the battle was won or lost - as long as it took place. Overall, in the battle were lost 4,500 French soldiers and 9000 allies. However, the allies were able to capture around 10,000 French stragglers.

On 5 November 1813 Alexander I marched in with his troops in Frankfurt. The best officers in the battle were honored by a promotion and received many medals. For example, Carl Philipp von Wrede received the Grand Cross of the Austro-Imperial Order of Leopold, the Russian Alexander Nevsky Order, awarded to Russian Russian Order of St. George and the Commander's Cross of the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa Order.

To commemorate the Battle of Hanau in the city of Hanau some memorials were erected. Five of them have been preserved.'s Lamboystraße, Karl-Marx-Straße and the Robert Blum street and two more at the Kinzigbrücke The battle is also immortalized in the history of the battles won by Napoleon at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.