Battle of Fère-Champenoise

Battle of Fère-Champenoise
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
Date 25 March 1814 Location near Fère-Champenoise, France Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Austrian Empire Württemberg Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Auguste Marmont Adolphe Mortier	Karl Schwarzenberg Peter Wittgenstein Crownprince William
Strength
5,000[1]
Casualties and losses
4,500[1]

The Battle of Fère-Champenoise was fought on 25 March 1814,^[1] between a French army and a cavalry force of Austria, Russia and the Kingdom of Württemberg. The battleground was near the town Fère-Champenoise, 40 km southwest of Châlons-sur-Marne, Marne département. The French were led by Auguste Marmont, while the Coalition forces were led by Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg. After six hours of battle, during which Marmont and Mortier were driven back in the direcion of Mieux and Paris,^[1] and two National Guard divisions were destroyed in a successful rear-guard action, the French were routed.

See also

• Fershampenuaz, a village in Russia named in memory of the battle.

References

1. Tucker 2009, p. 1113.

Sources

• Smith, Digby. "The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Databook". Greenhill Books, 1998
• Tucker, Spencer C. (2009). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. p. 1113. ISBN 978-1851096725.

Coordinates: 48°45′00″N 4°05′54″E / 48.75°N 4.0983°E

↑ The Battle of La Fère-Champenoise, 1814