Battle of La Rothière (1814)

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The Battle of La Rothière (1814) was a major engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in eastern France, marking a significant setback during his 1814 campaign.

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Battle of La Rothière (1814) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
AlliedArtilleryApprox about 200 guns ⓘ
AlliedCasualtiesApprox about 6,000–7,000 killed and wounded ⓘ
AlliedCommander Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ⓘ
King Frederick William III of Prussia (present with army staff) ⓘ
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (overall coalition leader present) ⓘ
AlliedStrengthApprox about 120,000–130,000 troops ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bataille de La Rothière ⓘ
Battle of La Rothiere ⓘ
belligerent Austrian Empire ⓘ
Bavarian contingents ⓘ
French Empire ⓘ
linked to: First French Empire

Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign Campaign of France (1814) ⓘ
conflict War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date 1 February 1814 ⓘ
effect encouraged the Allies to continue their advance toward Paris ⓘ
forced Napoleon to withdraw westward from the Aube line ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Champaubert ⓘ
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) ⓘ
Battle of Montmirail ⓘ
Battle of Vauchamps ⓘ
FrenchArtilleryApprox about 128 guns ⓘ
FrenchCasualtiesApprox about 6,000–7,000 killed and wounded ⓘ
several thousand prisoners and many guns lost ⓘ
FrenchCommander Marshal Michel Ney ⓘ
linked to: Michel Ney

Marshal Édouard Mortier ⓘ
linked to: Édouard Mortier

Napoleon I ⓘ
FrenchStrengthApprox about 45,000–50,000 troops ⓘ
location La Rothière, Aube, France ⓘ
opponent Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ⓘ
Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I
partOf Napoleon’s 1814 campaign in France ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Brienne ⓘ
region Champagne, eastern France ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance checked Napoleon’s attempt to halt the Allied advance into eastern France ⓘ
demonstrated numerical superiority of the Allied armies over the French ⓘ
first major defeat of Napoleon in the 1814 French campaign ⓘ
terrain fought in winter conditions with snow and mud ⓘ
villages and wooded areas around La Rothière and the Aube valley ⓘ
theatre French theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
year 1814 ⓘ

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Battle of Brienne (1814) → precededBy → Battle of La Rothière (1814) ⓘ
Battle of Brienne (1814) → followedBy → Battle of La Rothière (1814) ⓘ