Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube

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The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube was a significant 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon’s forces clashed with the Allied armies during the campaign in northeastern France.

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Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
associatedWith French campaign of 1814
surface form: Allied invasion of France (1814)

abdication of Napoleon I
belligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

First French Empire
Kingdom of Bavaria
Russian Empire
campaign French campaign of 1814
combatantCommander Ferenc Gyulay
surface form: Ignaz Gyulai

Michel Ney
Peter Wittgenstein
Édouard Mortier
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
commandedBy Crown Prince Charles of Bavaria
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Napoleon I
surface form: Napoleon I of France
conflict War of the Sixth Coalition
country France
date 1814-03-20
endDate 1814-03-21
era Napoleonic era
followedBy Battle of Fère-Champenoise
follows Battle of Reims (1814)
front northeastern France
hasContext coalition advance toward Paris in 1814
hasPart First day of the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
Second day of the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
historicalPeriod War of the Sixth Coalition
location Arcis-sur-Aube
Aube department
France
militaryTheater French soil
notableFor Napoleon’s failed attempt to break through the main Allied army on the Aube River
one of the last major battles commanded personally by Napoleon I in France
partOf French campaign of 1814
surface form: Campaign of France (1814)

Napoleonic Wars
partOfSeries late battles of the Napoleonic Wars in France
precededBy French victory at the Battle of Reims (1814)
result Allied strategic victory
river Aube River
scale major battle
startDate 1814-03-20
strategicOutcome forced Napoleon to retreat toward Saint-Dizier
typeOfEngagement pitched battle
year 1814

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War of the Sixth Coalition majorBattle Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
French campaign of 1814 hasBattle Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
Battle of Laon followedBy Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube