Battle of Vauchamps

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The Battle of Vauchamps was a decisive victory for Napoleon during the 1814 campaign in France, where he defeated Prussian and Russian forces in one of his last major battlefield successes.

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Battle of Vauchamps canonical 7
Battle of Vauchamps-la-Côte 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Vauchamps-la-Côte ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Vauchamps
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign 1814 campaign in France ⓘ
CoalitionCasualties several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
several thousand prisoners ⓘ
CoalitionCommander Friedrich von Kleist ⓘ
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ⓘ
Peter Petrovich Pahlen ⓘ
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev ⓘ
CoalitionStrength approximately 18,000–20,000 troops ⓘ
commandedBy Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I
conflictIn Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
date 14 February 1814 ⓘ
describedAs decisive victory for Napoleon ⓘ
followedBy continued Allied advance on Paris ⓘ
FrenchCasualties around 600–1,000 killed and wounded ⓘ
FrenchCommander Emmanuel de Grouchy ⓘ
Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I

Édouard Mortier ⓘ
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty ⓘ
Étienne Maurice Gérard ⓘ
FrenchStrength approximately 20,000–25,000 troops ⓘ
location France ⓘ
Marne department ⓘ
Vauchamps ⓘ
notedAs one of Napoleon's last major battlefield successes ⓘ
opponent Prussian and Russian forces ⓘ
partOf Six Days' Campaign ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Champaubert ⓘ
Battle of Château-Thierry ⓘ
Battle of Montmirail ⓘ
primaryArm French cavalry ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance temporarily checked Blücher's advance on Paris ⓘ
tacticalOutcome French counterattack routed Blücher's rearguard ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring invasion of northeastern France by the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
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 Vauchamps ⓘ
Six Days’ Campaign → hasEngagement → Battle of Vauchamps ⓘ
Battle of Champaubert → followedBy → Battle of Vauchamps ⓘ
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) → followedBy → Battle of Vauchamps ⓘ
Battle of Vauchamps → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Vauchamps-la-Côte ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Vauchamps
Battle of La Rothière → followedBy → Battle of Vauchamps ⓘ
Battle of Montmirail → followedBy → Battle of Vauchamps ⓘ
Battle of La Rothière (1814) → followedBy → Battle of Vauchamps ⓘ