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The Battle of Champaubert was the opening engagement of the Six Days Campaign fought on February 10 , 1814 , and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon Bonaparte against Russian s 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. |