Battle of Vauchamps

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The Battle of Vauchamps, the final major engagement of the Six Days Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought on February 14, 1814 and resulted in 18,000 French under Napoleon defeating 30,000 Prussian & Russian troops. They lost 9,000 men, including 5,000 prisoners, against 800 French casualties. The Russians were the Infantry Corps of Gen. Kapsevitch & the Prussians the Corps of Gen. Kleist. Many of them were ridden down by the French cavalry of Gen. Grouchy.

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