Battle of La Suffel

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Battle of La Suffel
Part of the
Hoenheim, France
48°38′08″N 7°44′30″E / 48.6356°N 7.7417°E / 48.6356; 7.7417
Result French victory
Belligerents First French Empire French Empire

Seventh Coalition
:

Commanders and leaders First French Empire Jean Rapp
First French Empire Henri Rottembourg Kingdom of Württemberg Crown Prince of Württemberg[1]Units involved V Corps III Corps of the Upper Rhine ArmyStrength About 20,000[1][2] About 40,000[1]Casualties and losses ~3,000[1] ~75 officers and 5,050 men[1]

The Battle of La Suffel was a French victory over Austrian forces of the

Hoenheim, near Strasbourg
.

During the

Napoleon Bonaparte and was given command of the V Corps (also known as the Army of the Rhine), consisting of about 20,000 men. He was ordered to observe the border near Strasbourg,[3] and to defend the Vosges. Ten days after Waterloo (in which his corps took no part), he met the III Corps of the Austrian Upper Rhine Army under the command of the Crown Prince of Württemberg near Strasbourg and defeated them at the Battle of La Suffel.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Siborne 1848, p. 771-772.
  2. ^ Moore 1999.
  3. ^ Becke 1911, p. 271.

References

  • Becke, Archibald Frank (1911). "Waterloo Campaign, 1815" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 371–381.
  • Moore, Richard (1999). "Jean Rapp". napoleonguide.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  • Siborne, William (1848). The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (4 ed.). Turnbull and Spears. pp. 771-772.

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Preceded by
Battle of Rocheserviere
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of La Suffel
Succeeded by
Battle of Rocquencourt