Battle of Laon, 9-10 March, 1814

Date and place

• March 9th to 10th, 1814 at Laon, Aisne, Picardy, northern France.

Involved forces

• French army (37,000 men) under Emperor Napoleon the First. 
• Prussian and Russian army (90,000 men), under Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. 

Casualties and losses

• French army: 6,000 to 9,000 men and 45 cannons. 
• Allied army: less than 4,000 men. 

"Napoleon and Marshal Ney after the Battle of Laon" (detail). Painted 1864 by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier.
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Photo credits

 Photos by Lionel A. Bouchon.
 Photos by Marie-Albe Grau.
 Photos by Floriane Grau.
 Photos by Michèle Grau-Ghelardi.
 Photos by Didier Grau.
 Photos made by people outside the Napoleon & Empire association.