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Military history of Grand Est
- Battle of La RothièreNapoleon stood at the edge of disaster in November 1813. His army had just suffered a crushing defeat at Leipzig, forcing him to retreat across the Rhine…
- Battle of ChampaubertOn the 1st of February 1814, Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and Austrian field marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg defeated…
- Battle of MontmirailOn the 1st of February 1814, Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher commanded 80,000 Allied soldiers from his own Army of Silesia and Austrian…
- Battle of Arcis-sur-AubeIn late February 1814, Napoleon discovered that the Allied armies of Schwarzenberg and Blücher had separated. Blücher's army was making a lunge at Paris with…
- Battle of VauchampsOn the 14th of February 1814, the Battle of Vauchamps marked the final major engagement of the Six Days Campaign. This conflict occurred within the War of…
- Battle of Saint-DizierOn the 24th of March 1814, King Frederick William III of Prussia and Tsar Alexander I of Russia met at Vitry to coordinate their military strategy.
- Battle of BrienneIn November 1813, the 70,000 French survivors of the disastrous German Campaign crossed to the west bank of the Rhine River.