Battle of Montmirail
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The
Battle of Montmirail, during the
Six Days Campaign, was fought on
February 11 1814 and resulted the victory of the
French under
Napoleon Bonaparte over the
Russians under General
Fabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken and the
Prussians under General
Johann Yorck.
Striking rapidly from the South at Champaubert, Napoleon tore into the center of Blucher’s strung out column as it was pushing west to Paris in pursuit of MacDonald. From the central position, the French then drove west with the only available troops, the Old Guard and a division of the "Marie Louise"(Young Guard), in hopes of smashing Blucher’s leading elements (Sacken and Yorck) in isolation and with their backs to the French held bridges over the Marne. Sacken turned in response to the French maneuver, seeing so few French behind him, and sought to cut his way back to Blucher through Montmirail while Yorck advocated fleeing north through Chateau Thierry. Seeing that he could not dissuade the Russian from his aggression, Yorck marched to his aid.
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