1814 Battle of Brienne Napoleon Bonaparte Russian Prussian General Blücher
Battle of Brienne was fought on January 29, 1814, and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon Bonaparte against the Russians and Prussians under General Blücher. The battle followed on the heels of reverses suffered by the French in both 1812, which had gutted the strength of the French and the battles of 1813 where they fought against the Sixth Coalition, which had intentions of deposing Napoleon, dissolving the First French Empire and restoring the Bourbon monarchy to France. The battle took place near Brienne-le-Château, where Napoleon had studied in his early years. As the Allies advanced on France from three different directions, Napoleon Bonaparte planned to attack and defeat each in turn. The first battle of the Campaign for France came at Bonaparte's old stomping ground, Brienne, where he went to school. His first target was the spread-out force of some 25,000 Prussians under Field Marshal Blucher. To battle his old adversary, Bonaparte had 30,000 troops, but most of these were just out of the recruiting camps and had no wartime experience.
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