Battle of Craonne
March 7, 1814 · Craonne
Result French victory
Napoleon attacked a Russian corps of Blücher's army on a plateau in northern France. The French won at heavy cost, but the victory did not stop the Allied advance on Paris.
First French Empire
Prussia
Strength and losses
- Strength
- c. 40,000
- Casualties
- 5,400–8,000c. 6,000
- Strength
- c. 100,000
- Casualties
- 5,000c. 5,000