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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Brienne-le-Château canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Napoleonic battle
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battle ⓘ |
| AlliedCasualties | several thousand killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ |
| AlliedStrength | approximately 26,000–28,000 troops ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Brienne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Brienne Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Napoleon’s defense of France in 1814 ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | Six Days' Campaign (1814) precursor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaignPhase | early phase of the 1814 campaign in France ⓘ |
| commander |
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
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Guillaume Philibert Duhesme NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon I of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Wittgenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev NERFINISHED ⓘ Édouard Mortier NERFINISHED ⓘ Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Sixth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | 29 January 1814 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of La Rothière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchCasualties | several thousand killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ |
| FrenchStrength | approximately 30,000 troops ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
occurred after Napoleon’s defeat in the German campaign of 1813
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part of the Allied invasion of northeastern France in 1814 ⓘ |
| location |
Aube
NERFINISHED
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Brienne-le-Château NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ |
| month | January 1814 ⓘ |
| NapoleonConnection | fought near the military school Napoleon had attended at Brienne ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
fought around Brienne castle
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night fighting in the town and château ⓘ |
| objective | to halt the advancing Allied armies on French soil ⓘ |
| partOf |
French campaign of 1814
NERFINISHED
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War of the Sixth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Allied invasion of France (1814) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
inconclusive
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tactically indecisive French victory ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome |
Allied armies continued advance despite setback
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failed to destroy Blücher’s army ⓘ |
| theatre | French campaign of 1814 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1814 ⓘ |
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