✦ History

Part of Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube

March 20–21, 1814 · Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube

Result Coalition victory

Schwarzenberg's main army held off Napoleon, who then turned east against its rear.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

French Empire and allies

Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Prussia
Austrian Empire
Russian Empire
France
Alexander I of Russia military commander Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg military commander William I of Württemberg military commander Carl Philipp von Wrede military commander
Napoleon military commander Michel Ney military commander Nicolas Oudinot military commander Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
74,000–107,900c. 100,000
Casualties
3,000–4,000c. 3,000
Strength
30,000c. 30,000
Casualties
3,000–4,200c. 4,200
Captured
c. 800
Guns
40
Guns lost
3c. 3

Units

Wrede's Austro-Bavarian army (1813–1814)
French army in the Campaign of France (1814)

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