Battle of Limonest
| Battle of Limonest | |||||||
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| Part of War of the Sixth Coalition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Austrian Empire Hesse-Darmstadt
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 Imperial France
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Prince Frederick of Hessen-Homburg
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Pierre Augereau
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I Corps II Corps VI German Corps |
Army of the Rhône |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 53,000, 112 guns | 23,000, 36 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
The Battle of Limonest (20 March 1814) saw 53,000 Austrian and Hessian troops led by Prince Frederick of Hessen-Homburg attack 23,000 French troops under Marshal Pierre Augereau. After some stiff fighting, the Allies forced the outnumbered French defenders to withdraw from a line of hills north of Lyon in this War of the Sixth Coalition action. Lyon, in 1814 the second largest city in France, was abandoned to the Allies as a direct result of the defeat.
While Napoleon faced the main Allied armies of Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher to the east of Paris, a secondary campaign was conducted near Lyon to the south. In January 1814 the Austrians easily captured large swaths of territory, but failed to seize Lyon. By mid-February, a reinforced Augereau managed to recapture some towns, posing a threat. Anxious for his supply line back to Germany, Schwarzenberg sent Prince Hessen-Homburg large forces to protect his southern flank. With greatly superior forces, Hessen-Homburg pressed the French back in a series of battles and captured Lyon.
Edgar, Rob (2010). "Battle of Limonest, 20th March 1814". The Napoleonic Wargamer.
Coordinates: 45°50′13″N 4°46′19″E / 45.83694°N 4.77194°E
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