Don't know if some fellow members wargame Sieges at the Napoleon Era… but if there are some… this would be an interesting wargame…
"The siege of Glogau (15 March-27 May 1813) was a rare example of a successful French defence of one of the isolated fortresses left behind by the retreat from Poland and eastern Germany at the start of 1813, and saw a sizable garrison hold out for three months before the siege was lifted in the aftermath of the battle of Bautzen (War of Liberation of 1813).
When Prince Eugène de Beauharnais reorganised what was left of the French army after the retreat from Moscow, he placed the survivors of IV Corps in Glogau, on the upper Oder. By 20 February the garrison was 4,000-5,000 strong, and unlike the other fortresses on the Oder and Vistula remained in communication with the rest of the army well into March. Command was split between General Jean Grégoire Barthelemy Rouger de Laplane, governor of Glogau, and adjudant-commandant Durrieu, commander of the garrison, with General Dode as director of engineers.
Glogau was protected by modern fortifications. The main town was on the left bank of the Oder, with a smaller suburb on the right bank. The main town had two lines of fortifications, and a separate star fort just upstream of the main town. The suburb was protected by a single set of fortifications, but these were protected by water. At this point the Oder flows from east to west, so the main town is on the south bank, the suburbs on the north bank.
Glogau was blockaded by the Russians on 15 March. The besiegers, 8000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry and 20 guns were commanded General St-Priest, a French exile in Russian service. Soon after his arrival he summoned the garrison to surrender, but they didn't answer. On 30 March the Prussian General Scholler made a second summons, this time backed up by the fire of sixteen large caliber guns, and the threat of exile in Siberia, but again without success…"
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