Battle of Montmirail

When

11 Feb 1814

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

48.90° N, 3.48° E

Description

1814 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

1814 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

The Battle of Montmirail was fought between a French force led by Emperor Napoleon and two Allied corps commanded by Fabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg. In hard fighting that lasted until evening, French troops including the Imperial Guard defeated Sacken's Russian soldiers and compelled them to retreat to the north.

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