Battle of Champaubert

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The Battle of Champaubert was a key engagement during Napoleon’s 1814 campaign in France, where his forces defeated a dispersed Russian corps, briefly reversing the tide against the invading Coalition armies.

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Battle of Champaubert canonical 9
Battle of Champaubert (1814) 1

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instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle
battle
engagement of the 1814 campaign in France
alsoKnownAs Battle of Champaubert (1814)
belligerent First French Empire
Russian Empire
campaign French campaign of 1814
campaignOpponent Coalition armies invading France in 1814
coalitionSide Prussia (indirectly via Army of Silesia command structure)
Russian Empire
commander Marshal Auguste de Marmont
Marshal Édouard Mortier
linked to: Édouard Mortier

Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon I
conflictIn Napoleonic Wars
country France
date 10 February 1814
followedBy Battle of Château-Thierry (1814)
Battle of Montmirail
Battle of Vauchamps
FrenchCasualtiesApprox about 600
FrenchLeaderTitle Emperor of the French
FrenchStrengthApprox 30,000
historicalSignificance example of Napoleon exploiting dispersed enemy formations
first major success of Napoleon’s Six Days' Campaign
location Champaubert, France
Marne department, France
linked to: Marne department
notableOutcome capture of General Olsufiev
destruction of Olsufiev’s Russian corps
objective to defeat an isolated Russian corps of the Army of Bohemia
opponentForce Russian IX Corps
a dispersed Russian corps under Olsufiev
opposingArmy Army of Bohemia elements
Army of Silesia elements
opposingCommander Lieutenant General Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
Zakhar Olsufiev
partOf Six Days' Campaign
Sixth Coalition War
War of the Sixth Coalition
precededBy Allied advance toward Paris in early 1814
region northeastern France
result French victory
RussianCasualtiesApprox about 4,000 killed, wounded, or captured
RussianPrisonersApprox about 3,000 captured
RussianStrengthApprox 4,000–5,000
strategicEffect allowed Napoleon to defeat separated enemy corps in detail
disrupted the coordination of Blücher’s Army of Silesia
temporarily reversed the tide against the invading Coalition armies
theater French soil
year 1814

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French campaign of 1814 hasBattle Battle of Champaubert
Battle of Brienne (1814) followedBy Battle of Champaubert
Champaubert namedAfter Battle of Champaubert
subject linked to: tank "Champaubert"
Battle of Brienne followedBy Battle of Champaubert
Six Days’ Campaign hasEngagement Battle of Champaubert
Battle of Champaubert alsoKnownAs Battle of Champaubert (1814)
linked to: Battle of Champaubert
Battle of Vauchamps precededBy Battle of Champaubert
Battle of La Rothière followedBy Battle of Champaubert
Battle of Montmirail precededBy Battle of Champaubert
Battle of La Rothière (1814) followedBy Battle of Champaubert