Battle of Bar-sur-Aube

Battle of Bar-sur-Aube
	Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
	; The painting shows the movement of the Bavarian foot soldiers in the meeting of Bar-sur-Aube.
Date	27 February 1814
Location	Bar-sur-Aube, French Empire48°16′N 04°43′E / 48.267°N 4.717°E
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
France	Austria; Bavaria; Russia
Commanders and leaders
Jacques MacDonald; Nicolas Oudinot; Étienne Maurice Gérard	Karl von Schwarzenberg; Karl Philipp von Wrede; Peter Wittgenstein
Strength
18,000–22,000; 60 guns	27,000–30,000; 70 guns
Casualties and losses
3,100 killed, wounded, or captured; 2 guns lost	1,900 killed, wounded, or captured
	Location within France

190km
118miles

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Bar-sur-Aube

current battle

Napoleon in command

Napoleon not in command

The Battle of Bar-sur-Aube was fought on 27 February 1814, between the First French Empire and the Austrian Empire. French forces were led by Jacques MacDonald, while the Austrians and their Bavarian allies, forming the Army of Bohemia, were led by Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg. The Austrians were victorious.