The Battle of La Suffel was a French victory over Austrian forces of the
Seventh Coalition and the last French
pitched battle
A pitched battle or set-piece battle is a battle in which opposing forces each anticipate the setting of the battle, and each chooses to commit to it. Either side may have the option to disengage before the battle starts or shortly thereafter. A ...
victory in the
Napoleonic Wars
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, conflict = Napoleonic Wars
, partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
, image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg
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. It was fought on 28 June 1815 at
Souffelweyersheim and
Hoenheim, near
Strasbourg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
.
During the
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days ( ), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII o ...
, General
Jean Rapp rallied to
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
and was given command of the V Corps (also known as the
Army of the Rhine
An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by ...
), consisting of about 20,000 men. He was ordered to observe the border near Strasbourg, and to defend the
Vosges. Ten days after
Waterloo (in which his corps took no part), he met the III Corps of the Austrian
Upper Rhine Army under the command of the
Crown Prince of Württemberg near Strasbourg and defeated them at the Battle of La Suffel.
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Battles of the Hundred Days
1815 in France
June 1815
Military history of Bas-Rhin
Battles of the Napoleonic Wars involving Württemberg
Battles of the Napoleonic Wars involving Austria