Battle of Fère-Champenoise
March 25, 1814 · Fère-Champenoise
Result Coalition victory
Coalition cavalry crushed French forces under Marmont and Mortier and a column of National Guards. The victory opened the road to Paris.
Austrian Empire
First French Empire
Alexander I of Russia
military commander
Frederick William III of Prussia
military commander
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
military commander
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
military commander
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
military commander
William I of Württemberg
military commander
Strength and losses
- Strength
- 26,400–28,000c. 28,000
- Casualties
- 2,000–4,000c. 2,000
- Guns
- 128c. 128
- Strength
- 16,600–21,000c. 21,000
- Casualties
- 10,000–13,000c. 13,000
- Captured
- c. 8,000
- Guns
- 84c. 84
- Guns lost
- 60–80c. 60