Battles & Campaigns · 1815
Battle of Rocquencourt
Rocquencourt, near Versailles, France
What happened
After Waterloo, the Prussians were closing in on Paris. Sohr's hussars rode far ahead of the main army and ran into a bigger French force waiting near Rocquencourt. They fell back toward Versailles and tried to break out, but many were captured.
Why it matters
It was one of the last French wins of the Napoleonic Wars. A historian questioned whether the Prussians should have sent a brigade so far ahead.
What came next
That evening Prussian troops retook Rocquencourt. The next fight was at Issy, on the edge of Paris.
Did you know?
A Prussian officer grabbed a bridge over the Seine just as the French were about to blow it up.
Timeline
- 18 Jun 1815Battle of Waterloo.
- 28 Jun 1815Battle of La Suffel.
- 1 Jul 1815Battle of Rocquencourt.
- 2–3 Jul 1815Battle of Issy.