Battle of Brienne (1814)

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The Battle of Brienne (1814) was a Napoleonic Wars engagement in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces clashed with Prussian and Russian troops in northeastern France during the Campaign of France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Brienne-le-Château ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire ⓘ
campaignObjective to disrupt Blücher’s advance into France ⓘ
CoalitionCasualties approximately 4,000 killed and wounded ⓘ
several guns lost ⓘ
CoalitionCommander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Peter Wittgenstein ⓘ
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev ⓘ
combatant French army ⓘ
linked to: French Army

Prussian army ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Army

Russian army ⓘ
commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Peter Wittgenstein ⓘ
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev ⓘ
conflict War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date 29 January 1814 ⓘ
endDate 29 January 1814 ⓘ
era Napoleonic era ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Champaubert ⓘ
Battle of La Rothière (1814) ⓘ
Battle of Montmirail ⓘ
FrenchCasualties approximately 3,500 killed and wounded ⓘ
FrenchCommander Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Édouard Mortier ⓘ
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty ⓘ
historicalPeriod War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
isPartOf French campaign of 1814 ⓘ
location Aube department ⓘ
Brienne-le-Château ⓘ
northeastern France ⓘ
notableFeature fought near the château where Napoleon had attended military school ⓘ
partOf Campaign of France (1814) ⓘ
precededBy Battle of La Rothière (1814) ⓘ
primaryOpposingForces French forces vs Prussian and Russian forces ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactically indecisive French victory ⓘ
significance first major clash between Napoleon and Blücher during the 1814 campaign ⓘ
startDate 29 January 1814 ⓘ
strengthCoalition about 20,000–25,000 soldiers ⓘ
strengthFrench about 30,000 soldiers ⓘ
theatre Western Front of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
year 1814 ⓘ

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Brienne-le-Château → historicalEvent → Battle of Brienne (1814) ⓘ