Battle of Champaubert

Arc de Triomphe: CHAMPAUBERT


February 10, 1814

As Marshal Blucher's army marched for Paris, the various units became strung out and separated. Napoleon launched an attack on the isolated Russians under General Olssufiev near Champaubert. Olssufiev thought that Blucher would come to his aid and tried to hold his position, but his force was defeated and captured by the French.

Bibliography

• Chandler, David G. Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1979.
• Smith, Digby. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill Books: 1998.

Updated March 2017

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