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Battle of Laon (1814)

March 9–10, 1814 · Battle of Laon (1814)

Part of Napoleonic Wars, Campaign in north-east France (1814)

Contemporaries On the map

Blücher held Laon against Napoleon and routed Marmont's corps in a night attack.

Sides

French Empire and allies

France
Napoleon military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Michel Ney military commander

Coalition

Kingdom of Prussia
Russian Empire
Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz military commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher military commander August Neidhardt von Gneisenau military commander

Also involved 1

Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg participant · Coalition