Battle of Montmirail
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The Battle of Montmirail was fought between a French force led by Emperor Napoleon and two Allied corps commanded by Fabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg. In hard fighting t
The Battle of Montmirail by Horace Vernet
F. Osten-Sacken
Ivan A. Lieven
Napoleon, shown with his marshals and staff, leads his army over roads made muddy by days of rain. Though his empire was crumbling, Napoleon proved to be a dangerous opponent in the Six Days Campaign.
Six Days' Campaign
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The Six Days' Campaign was a final series of victories by the forces of Napoleon I of France as the Sixth Coalition closed in on Paris. As was said by his contemporary enemy, the Austrian general Joha
Battle of Montmirail
…Part of Yorck's Prussian I Corps tried to intervene in the struggle but it was also driven off. The battle occurred near Montmirail, France, during the Six Days Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. Montmirail is located 51 kilometres (32 mi) east of Meaux. After Napoleon crushed Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev's small isolated…
Lithograph of the Battle of Montmirail