Talk:Battle of Vauchamps

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The battle of Vauchamps was fought on February 14, 1814 between 30,000 Frenchmen under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and 20,000 Prussian troops under the command of Field Marshal Gerhard Blucher.

Mashal Blucher marched torwards the town of Vauchamps, but ran into a french force under the French Marshal Marmount. The Prussians found themselves in a hard fight and took heavy losses before being pushed off the field by the French. Blucher then got word that Napoleon was nearby and was ready to reinforce Marmount. Moving Cavlary to trap the Germans, Marshal Grouchy (France) was slowed by boggy ground and most of the germans evaded capture.

Prussian losses were approx 7000 and French lost about 600 men.