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War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormant.

Historical image related to War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormant. from February 17, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition

1813–1814 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars

In the War of the Sixth Coalition, sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation, a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and a number of German States defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba. After the…
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Battle of Mormant

1814 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

The Battle of Mormant 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…
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