Six Days’ Campaign

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The Six Days’ Campaign was a brief but remarkable 1814 military offensive in which Napoleon Bonaparte repeatedly defeated numerically superior Allied forces in northeastern France during the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars.

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instanceOf 1814 campaign
Napoleonic campaign
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Six Days’ Campaign of 1814
characterizedBy concentration of force against dispersed enemy corps
rapid maneuver
chronologicalContext final phase of Napoleon’s rule in France
followedBy Allied advance on Paris
Fall of Paris (1814)
Napoleon’s first abdication
hasApproximateAlliedStrength about 70,000–120,000 troops
hasApproximateFrenchStrength about 30,000–40,000 troops
hasCommander Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken
Friedrich von Kleist
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
Napoleon Bonaparte
Peter Wittgenstein
Zakhar Olsufiev
hasDateRange 10–15 February 1814
hasEndDate 1814-02-15
hasEngagement Battle of Champaubert
Battle of Château-Thierry
Battle of Montmirail
Battle of Vauchamps
hasLanguageOfName English
hasLocation Aube
linked to: Aube River

Champagne
Marne
Seine-et-Marne
northeastern France
hasMainBelligerent First French Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire
hasOriginalLanguageName French
hasOriginalTitle Campagne des Six Jours
hasOutcome series of French tactical victories
hasResult temporary check of Blücher’s advance on Paris
hasStartDate 1814-02-10
hasTheater French campaign of 1814
historicalSignificance last major field campaign personally led by Napoleon in France
notableFor Napoleon defeating numerically superior Allied forces in rapid succession
opposedForce Army of Silesia
partOf Napoleonic Wars
War of the Sixth Coalition
precededBy French campaign of 1814
tookPlaceDuringReignOf Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon I

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French campaign of 1814 hasBattle Six Days’ Campaign
Six Days’ Campaign hasOriginalTitle Campagne des Six Jours
linked to: Six Days’ Campaign
Battle of Champaubert partOf Six Days' Campaign
linked to: Six Days’ Campaign
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) campaign Six Days' Campaign
linked to: Six Days’ Campaign
Battle of Vauchamps partOf Six Days' Campaign
linked to: Six Days’ Campaign
Battle of Paris (1814) precededBy Six Days’ Campaign
Battle of Montmirail partOf Six Days' Campaign
linked to: Six Days’ Campaign