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Title
The Last Major Battle of the Napoléonic Wars
Description
Battle of La Suffel
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Source
Publisher
Date
1815-06-28
Scenario#
AN11
Location
Souffelweyersheim, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of La Suffel was a French victory over Austrian forces of the Seventh Coalition and the last French pitched battle victory in the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 28 June 1815 at Souffelweyersheim and Hoenheim, near Strasbourg.During the Hundred Days, General Jean Rapp rallied to Napoleon Bonaparte and was given command of the V Corps (also known as the Army of the Rhine), consisting of about 20,000 men. He was ordered to observe the border near Strasbourg,[3] and to defend the Vosges. Ten days after Waterloo (in which his corps took no part), he met the III Corps of the Austrian Upper Rhine Army under the command of the Crown Prince of Württemberg near Strasbourg and defeated them at the Battle of La Suffel.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of La Suffel
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Combatants
French Empire
Austria
Additional Information
War of the Seventh Coalition
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