Battle of Mormant

Battle of Mormant
Part of the Campaign of France of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Mormant by Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort
Date17 February 1814[1]
Location48°36′28″N 02°53′19″E / 48.60778°N 2.88861°E / 48.60778; 2.88861
Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
First French Empire France Austrian Empire Austria
Kingdom of Bavaria Bavaria
Russian Empire Russia
Commanders and leaders
First French Empire Napoleon Bonaparte
First French Empire Claude Victor-Perrin
First French Empire Étienne Gérard
First French Empire François Kellermann
First French Empire Édouard Milhaud
Austrian Empire Karl von Schwarzenberg
Austrian Empire Anton von Hardegg
Kingdom of Bavaria Peter de Lamotte
Russian Empire Peter Wittgenstein
Russian Empire Peter Pahlen
Units involved
First French Empire II Corps
First French Empire Reserve of Paris
First French Empire V Cavalry Corps
First French Empire VI Cavalry Corps
Austrian Empire V Corps
Kingdom of Bavaria V Corps
Russian Empire VI Corps
Strength
18,000[1]–20,000 Austrian Empire Hardegg's division
Kingdom of Bavaria Lamotte's division
Russian Empire 3,500–4,300, 12 guns
Total: 9,000[1]
Casualties and losses
600[1]–800[2] Austrian Empire Kingdom of Bavaria 1,000
Russian Empire +2,114, 9–12 guns lost
Total: 3,114[1]
Battle of Mormant is located in France
Battle of Mormant
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The Battle of Mormant (17 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army under Emperor Napoleon I and a division of Russians under Count Peter Petrovich Pahlen near the town of Mormant, some 50 km (31 mi) southeast of Paris. Pahlen's outnumbered force was enveloped by cavalry and infantry, and nearly destroyed, with only about a third of its soldiers escaping.

Later in the day, a French column encountered an Austrian-Bavarian rearguard in the Battle of Valjouan. The Allied force was attacked and mauled by French infantry and cavalry, before it withdrew behind the Seine River. The Mormant-Valjouan actions and the Battle of Montereau the following day marked the start of a French counteroffensive intended to drive back Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg's Allied Army of Bohemia.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bodart 1908, p. 473.
  2. ^ Nafziger 2015, p. 206.