A Very Peculiar Battle: The Double Battle of Fère-Champenoise, 25 March 1814

A Very Peculiar Battle tells the story of a unique battle in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Fère-Champenoise was two separate battles that merged together. In one, a force of Russian, Württemberg, and Austrian cavalry and horse artillery defeated a larger French force of infantry, cavalry and artillery, opening the way to Paris. In the other, Russian cavalry and horse artillery destroyed Napoléon’s last supply column.

Fère-Champenoise was a far more significant battle than is usually...