Vauchamps

The Battle of Vauchamps was the final major engagement of Napoleon’s Six Days Campaign. On 13 February, reeling from his three successive defeats, Blücher looked to disengage from Napoleon and instead manoeuvre with part of his forces to fall upon …

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The Battle of Vauchamps was the final major engagement of Napoleon’s Six Days Campaign. On 13 February, reeling from his three successive defeats, Blücher looked to disengage from Napoleon and instead manoeuvre with part of his forces to fall upon the isolated Corps of Marshal Marmont and regain the initiative. Napoleon anticipated Blücher’s move and had himself moved to support Marmont. On the morning of the 14th Marmont continued to fall back, but counter-attacked once Napoleon arrived. With French Resistance stiffening, Blücher realized that he now was facing the Emperor and decided belatedly to pull back. Blücher’s attempt to disengage, however, proved extremely difficult, as the Allied force was in an advanced position and had virtually no cavalry present to cover the retreat. While the actual battle for Vauchamps was short, the Allied forces suffered heavy losses when the French infantry, under Marshal Marmont, and most of all, the cavalry under Grouchy, launched a relentless pursuit. At nightfall, Blücher opted for an exhausting night march in order to take his remaining forces to safety.

Vauchamps, France

The Battle of Vauchamps was the final major engagement of the Six Days Campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition. It resulted in a part of the Grande Armée under Napoleon I defeating a superior Prussian and Russian force of the Army of Silesia under Field-marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.

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