Battle of Champaubert
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The Battle of Champaubert was fought on February 10, 1814, and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon Bonaparte against Russians and Prussians under General Olsufiev.
With a six-to-one advantage in troops, Bonaparte crushed Olsufiev, who had decided to fight rather than retreat in the mistaken hope that he would get reinforcements from Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
After five hours of fighting the Russians were surrounded by French cavalry and 4000 of them were killed, wounded and captured. The French lost about 200 men.