The Battle of Rocquencourt was a cavalry skirmish fought on 1 July 1815 in and around the villages of Rocquencourt and Le Chesnay. French dragoons supported...
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1815, Napoleon's Grande Armée fought its last battle in Rocquencourt and Le Chesnay. After the defeat of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, Grouchy's army withdrew...
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Waterloo campaign: Waterloo to Paris (25 June – 1 July) (redirect from Battle of Villers-Cotterêts (1815))
received intelligence of the two cavalry regiments, under Lieutenant Colonel Sohr, had been completely defeated at the Battle of Rocquencourt. Borcke hastened...
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Hundred Days (redirect from War of the Seventh Coalition)
ones near Paris during the first few days of July. In the first major skirmish, the Battle of Rocquencourt, on 1 July, French dragoons, supported by infantry...
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Louis Pierre Aimé Chastel (category French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars)
last battle in Rocquencourt and Le Chesnay, when Strolz' 2nd Cavalry Division, their rear covered by Chastel, together with three battalions of the 44th...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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1 The Battle of Waterloo (Dutch: [ˈʋaːtərloː] ) was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
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13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment (category 20th-century regiments of France)
1815: Wavre, Battle of Rocquencourt Dragoon Regiment of The Empress (1855 to 1870) 1870: Metz 13th Dragoon Regiment (1870 to 1945) 1870: Siege of Paris 1914–1918:...
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of Paris. South of Paris, at the Battle of Rocquencourt a combined arms French force of commanded by General Exelmans destroyed a Prussian brigade of...
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1815 in France (category Years of the 19th century in France)
- Battle of Rocquencourt, French victory over Prussian forces. 3 July - Battle of Issy, French defeat by Prussian forces. 8 July - Louis XVIII of France...
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Le Chesnay (category Former communes of Yvelines)
1815, Napoleon's Grande Armée fought its last battle in Rocquencourt and Le Chesnay. After the defeat of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, Grouchy's army withdrew...
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of the capital, and moved their army across the Seine to meet the Prussians. Although a Prussian brigade was defeated in a skirmish at Rocquencourt near...
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Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans (category Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Hundred Days)
fought in the battles of Ligny and Wavre. In the final operations around Paris, he won distinction on 1 July at the Battle of Rocquencourt, where units...
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all the wars and battles in which Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia were militarily engaged in before the founding of the German Empire...
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This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the Hundred Days or War of the Seventh Coalition (20 March – 8 July 1815, or 15 March – 16 August...
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French Imperial Army (1804–1815) (redirect from Corps of observation)
At the Battle of Vélizy and Battle of Rocquencourt, National Guardsmen were able to hold up a large Prussian column advancing in the East of France....
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The Battle of La Suffel was a French victory over Austrian forces of the Seventh Coalition and the last French pitched battle victory in the Napoleonic...
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chronological list of the battles involving France in modern history. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion,...
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Friedrich von Sohr (category Prussian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars)
a colonel of Prussian hussars commanded the 2nd cavalry brigade at Waterloo and during the Battle of Rocquencourt. His brigade consisted of the 3rd Brandenburg...
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War of the Sixth Coalition: German campaign 200km 125miles 19 18 17 Leipzig 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In the Battle of Lützen (German:...
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the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz...
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War of the Sixth Coalition: German campaign 200km 125miles 19 18 17 Leipzig 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August...
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War of the Third Coalition: Austria 100km 62miles Austerlitz 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Battle of Dürenstein (German: Schlacht bei Dürnstein; also known as...
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Maloyaroslavets 7 Moscow 6 Borodino 5 Smolensk 4 Vitebsk 3 Vilna 2 Kowno 1 The Battle of (the) Berezina (or Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between...
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Rochefort 7 Waterloo 6 5 4 3 Paris 2 Elba 1 The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars...
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1 The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. It was Kutuzov's decisive battle to force Napoleon...
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15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 Berlin 7 6 5 4 Jena–Auerstedt 3 2 1 The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈjeːna … ˈaʊ̯ɐ.ʃtɛt]; older...
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Paris 2 Elba 1 The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred...
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Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1 The Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as the Battle of the Arapiles) took place on 22 July 1812....
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War of the Fifth Coalition 200km 125miles 22 21 20 19 Wagram 18 17 16 15 Aspern 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Battle of Eckmühl fought on 22 April...
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