Battle of Brienne
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The Battle of Brienne was a Napoleonic engagement fought in January 1814 in northeastern France, where Napoleon attempted to check the advancing Allied armies during the French campaign of 1814.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Brienne canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Napoleonic battle
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battle ⓘ |
| AlliedCasualtiesApprox | several thousand killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ |
| AlliedForceCommander |
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
NERFINISHED
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Peter Wittgenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| AlliedStrengthApprox | about 20,000–25,000 troops ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Brienne-le-Château NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Napoleon’s final campaign in France before his first abdication ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaignObjective |
to check the advance of the Allied armies into France
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to disrupt Blücher’s advance ⓘ |
| commander |
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
NERFINISHED
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Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Wittgenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandStructureAllied | Army of Silesia under Blücher ⓘ |
| commandStructureFrench | Armée de France under Napoleon I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictIn | War of the Sixth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | First French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 29 January 1814 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Champaubert
NERFINISHED
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Battle of La Rothière NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Montmirail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchCasualtiesApprox | several thousand killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ |
| FrenchForceCommander | Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchStrengthApprox | about 30,000 troops ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
one of the opening battles of the 1814 campaign in France
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temporarily checked Blücher but failed to stop Allied advance ⓘ |
| location |
Aube department
NERFINISHED
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Brienne-le-Château NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern France ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
fought around Brienne castle
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night fighting in the town and around the château ⓘ |
| opponentAlliance | Allied armies of the Sixth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
French campaign of 1814
NERFINISHED
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Napoleon’s 1814 defensive operations in France ⓘ |
| precededBy | Allied invasion of northeastern France in 1814 ⓘ |
| primaryOpposingCommanderOfBlücher | Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryOpposingCommanderOfNapoleon | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Champagne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
inconclusive
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strategic Allied advantage maintained ⓘ tactical French success ⓘ |
| strategicContext | Allied advance toward Paris in early 1814 ⓘ |
| theatre | European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1814 ⓘ |
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