But the Christian Social Union, Mr. Kohl's principal Bavarian allies, won nearly 53 percent.

The Hanoverians won the battle but were then surrounded by a larger and reinforced Prussian army, and, unable to link up with their Bavarian allies to the south, they surrendered.

Realizing the vast size of the total Prussian force, King George directed his 19,000 man army under General Alexander von Arentschildt to quickly withdraw and march south to link up with Bavarian allies.

Out of options, King George and the Hanoverians pulled back to the East, further from their Bavarian allies.

This act conceded the victory to Davout, since this gave the French Marshal a clear line of communication with his Bavarian allies.

The French forces needed to join their Bavarian allies and defeat the Imperial troops that stood between them.

With corps numbering I through VII, a cavalry corps, the Imperial Guard, and Bavarian allies, Napoleon committed 194,000 troops to the campaign in Germany.

His troops formed in a batallion carré (battalion square) made up of three columns of two army corps each, plus the Cavalry Reserve, Imperial Guard, and some Bavarian allies.

CDU conservatives and the party's right-wing Bavarian ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have strongly opposed any changes that would lead towards a 'multicultural society'.

Supported by the British military government the CDU and the CSU, its Bavarian ally, favoured the British model: single-member constituencies with election by simple plurality.