Battle of Brienne-le-Château

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The Battle of Brienne-le-Château was a Napoleonic engagement fought in January 1814 during the War of the Sixth Coalition, in which Napoleon attempted to halt the advancing Allied armies on French soil.

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Battle of Brienne-le-Château canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
AlliedCasualties several thousand killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
AlliedStrength approximately 26,000–28,000 troops ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Brienne ⓘ
associatedPlace Brienne Castle ⓘ
linked to: Brienne Castle@en
associatedWith Napoleon’s defense of France in 1814 ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign Six Days' Campaign (1814) precursor ⓘ
campaignPhase early phase of the 1814 campaign in France ⓘ
commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme ⓘ
Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon I

Peter Wittgenstein ⓘ
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev NERFINISHED ⓘ
Édouard Mortier ⓘ
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty ⓘ
conflict War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
country France ⓘ
date 29 January 1814 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of La Rothière ⓘ
FrenchCasualties several thousand killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
FrenchStrength approximately 30,000 troops ⓘ
historicalContext occurred after Napoleon’s defeat in the German campaign of 1813 ⓘ
part of the Allied invasion of northeastern France in 1814 ⓘ
location Aube ⓘ
Brienne-le-Château ⓘ
France ⓘ
month January 1814 ⓘ
NapoleonConnection fought near the military school Napoleon had attended at Brienne ⓘ
notableFeature fought around Brienne castle ⓘ
night fighting in the town and château ⓘ
objective to halt the advancing Allied armies on French soil ⓘ
partOf French campaign of 1814 ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
precededBy Allied invasion of France (1814) ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactically indecisive French victory ⓘ
strategicOutcome Allied armies continued advance despite setback ⓘ
failed to destroy Blücher’s army ⓘ
theatre French campaign of 1814 ⓘ
year 1814 ⓘ

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