Battle of Brienne

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The Battle of Brienne was a Napoleonic engagement fought in January 1814 in northeastern France, where Napoleon attempted to check the advancing Allied armies during the French campaign of 1814.

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instanceOf Napoleonic battle
battle
AlliedCasualtiesApprox several thousand killed, wounded, or captured
AlliedForceCommander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Peter Wittgenstein
AlliedStrengthApprox about 20,000–25,000 troops
alsoKnownAs Battle of Brienne-le-Château
associatedWith Napoleon’s final campaign in France before his first abdication
belligerent First French Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire
campaignObjective to check the advance of the Allied armies into France
to disrupt Blücher’s advance
commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon I

Peter Wittgenstein
commandStructureAllied Army of Silesia under Blücher
commandStructureFrench Armée de France under Napoleon I
linked to: Grande Armée
conflictIn War of the Sixth Coalition
countryAtTime First French Empire
date 29 January 1814
followedBy Battle of Champaubert
Battle of La Rothière
Battle of Montmirail
FrenchCasualtiesApprox several thousand killed, wounded, or captured
FrenchForceCommander Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon I
FrenchStrengthApprox about 30,000 troops
historicalSignificance one of the opening battles of the 1814 campaign in France
temporarily checked Blücher but failed to stop Allied advance
location Aube department
Brienne-le-Château
northeastern France
notableFeature fought around Brienne castle
night fighting in the town and around the château
opponentAlliance Allied armies of the Sixth Coalition
partOf French campaign of 1814
Napoleon’s 1814 defensive operations in France
precededBy Allied invasion of northeastern France in 1814
primaryOpposingCommanderOfBlücher Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon I
primaryOpposingCommanderOfNapoleon Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
region Champagne
result inconclusive
strategic Allied advantage maintained
tactical French success
strategicContext Allied advance toward Paris in early 1814
theatre European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars
year 1814

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French campaign of 1814 hasBattle Battle of Brienne
Battle of La Rothière precededBy Battle of Brienne
Battle of La Rothière (1814) precededBy Battle of Brienne
Battle of Brienne-le-Château alsoKnownAs Battle of Brienne