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

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 ⓘ