Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Craonne (Allied Invasion of France).

Fought March 7, 1814, between 55,000 French under Napoleon, and about 90,000 of the allies under Blucher. Blucher occupied a very strong position on the heights about Craonne, which was attacked and carried by Victor's and Ney's corps at the point of the bayonet. The French lost 9,000, the allies 7,000 killed and wounded.