Bertrand’s 8:00 P.M. report to Ney on 3 October stated that the Army of Silesia led by “Blücher, Yorck, and Prince Karl” had attacked him “vigorously” and “with numerous forces” that day, turning his right, and forcing him to retreat in the direction of Bad Düben. Based on this sketchy information, Ney planned to withdraw ten miles south from Pötnitz to Raguhn on the Mulde with VII Corps the next day. He requested that Marmont strongly occupy the point of passage across the Mulde at Bad Düben some twenty miles upstream of Raguhn. Noting that Bertrand had directed his retreat on Bad Düben, Ney emphasized to Marmont “that it is thus indispensable that you move all the forces that you have at your disposal to this point” and to notify him “the moment you commence your movement.” In a postscript, he added that some units of Bertrand’s corps had retreated south to Pretzsch on the Elbe and others southwest toward Bad Düben on the Mulde. On the morning of the 4th, Marmont marched from Leipzig to Eilenburg with one division of his corps and I Cavalry Corps; a second division of VI Corps that already stood at Eilenburg had moved eleven miles downstream to Bad Düben (see Map 5).