Battle of Champaubert

When

10 Feb 1814

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

48.88° N, 3.78° E

Description

1814 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

1814 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

The Battle of Champaubert was the opening engagement of the Six Days' Campaign. It was fought between a French army led by Emperor Napoleon and a small Russian corps commanded by Lieutenant General Count Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev. After putting up a good fight, the Russian formation was destroyed; the survivors escaped into the woods while Olsufiev became a French prisoner.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Champaubert wird ein russisches Korps der Koalition in den Befreiungskriegen unter dem Befehl von Sachar Dmitrijewitsch Olsufjew von der…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “campagne des Six-Jours”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page