Battle of Brienne

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The Battle of Brienne was a Napoleonic engagement fought in January 1814 in northeastern France, where Napoleon attempted to check the advancing Allied armies during the French campaign of 1814.

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Battle of Brienne canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
AlliedCasualtiesApprox several thousand killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
AlliedForceCommander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Peter Wittgenstein ⓘ
AlliedStrengthApprox about 20,000–25,000 troops ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Brienne-le-Château ⓘ
associatedWith Napoleon’s final campaign in France before his first abdication ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire ⓘ
campaignObjective to check the advance of the Allied armies into France ⓘ
to disrupt Blücher’s advance ⓘ
commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I

Peter Wittgenstein ⓘ
commandStructureAllied Army of Silesia under Blücher ⓘ
commandStructureFrench Armée de France under Napoleon I ⓘ
linked to: Grande Armée
conflictIn War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
countryAtTime First French Empire ⓘ
date 29 January 1814 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Champaubert ⓘ
Battle of La Rothière ⓘ
Battle of Montmirail ⓘ
FrenchCasualtiesApprox several thousand killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
FrenchForceCommander Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I
FrenchStrengthApprox about 30,000 troops ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the opening battles of the 1814 campaign in France ⓘ
temporarily checked Blücher but failed to stop Allied advance ⓘ
location Aube department ⓘ
Brienne-le-Château ⓘ
northeastern France ⓘ
notableFeature fought around Brienne castle ⓘ
night fighting in the town and around the château ⓘ
opponentAlliance Allied armies of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
partOf French campaign of 1814 ⓘ
Napoleon’s 1814 defensive operations in France ⓘ
precededBy Allied invasion of northeastern France in 1814 ⓘ
primaryOpposingCommanderOfBlücher Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I
primaryOpposingCommanderOfNapoleon Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
region Champagne ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
strategic Allied advantage maintained ⓘ
tactical French success ⓘ
strategicContext Allied advance toward Paris in early 1814 ⓘ
theatre European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
year 1814 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French campaign of 1814 → hasBattle → Battle of Brienne ⓘ
Battle of La Rothière → precededBy → Battle of Brienne ⓘ
Battle of La Rothière (1814) → precededBy → Battle of Brienne ⓘ
Battle of Brienne-le-Château → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Brienne ⓘ