Battle of Rocquencourt
Battle of Rocquencourt was a battle fought on 1 July 1815 at Rocquencourt, in what is now France. It was part of the Napoleonic Wars, which ran from 1803 to 1815. The recorded result: French victory.
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Plaque commémorative bataille de Rocquencourt (Yvelines, France). ℍenry Salomé, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons .
Fought 1 July 1815
Where Rocquencourt, France 48.821N, 2.131E
Outcome French victory
Belligerents French Empire against Kingdom of Prussia
Casualties and losses Unknown and 10 officers and 400–500 troopers
Where it sits in the Napoleonic Wars Battle of Platzberg, 1794 Battle of Lodi, 1796 Battle of Spinges, 1797 Battle of Marengo, 1800 Action of 10 December 1800, 1800 Battle of West Kay, 1801 French capture of Gorée, 1804 Battle of Pulo Aura, 1804 Battle of Vizagapatam, 1804 Raid on Boulogne, 1804 Action of 5 October 1804, 1804 Action of 10 August 1805, 1805 Battle off Cape Palos, 1805 Battle of Diamond Rock, 1805 Battle of Memmingen, 1805 Battle of Ulm, 1805 Battle of Cape Ortegal, 1805 Battle of Mariazell, 1805 Action of 26 July 1806, 1806 Battle of Blaauwberg, 1806 Battle of San Domingo, 1806 Action of 13 March 1806, 1806 Action of 21 April 1806, 1806 Action of 9 July 1806, 1806 Action of 23 August 1806, 1806 Action of 25 September 1806, 1806 Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, 1806 Action of 18 October 1806, 1806 Battle of Golymin, 1806 Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814, 1807 Siege of Stralsund, 1807, 1807 Battle of Eylau, 1807 Capture of the Jeune Richard, 1807 Action of 10 November 1808, 1808 Battle of Kock, 1809 Action of 22 January 1809, 1809 Action of 10 February 1809, 1809 Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne, 1809 Action of 6 April 1809, 1809 Troude's expedition to the Caribbean, 1809 Battle of Ratisbon, 1809 Battle of the Basque Roads, 1809 Battle of Stralsund, 1809 Action of 31 May 1809, 1809 Action of 13 September 1810, 1810 Action of 3 July 1810, 1810 Invasion of Île Bonaparte, 1810 Action of 15 November 1810, 1810 Battle of Lissa, 1811 Action of 24 March 1811, 1811 Action of 29 November 1811, 1811 Action of 22 May 1812, 1812 Battle of Pirano, 1812 Action of 7 February 1813, 1813 Action of 5 November 1813, 1813 Battle of Varvažov, 1813 Battle of Peterswalde, 1813 Siege of Cattaro, 1813 Siege of Zara, 1813 Siege of Antwerp, 1814 Siege of Ragusa, 1814 Battle of Jobourg, 1814 Siege of Ajaccio, 1815 Battle of Montélimar, 1815 Battle of Loriol, 1815 Battle of Ligny, 1815 Battle of Quatre Bras, 1815 Battle of Waterloo, 1815 Battle of Wavre, 1815 Battle of Rocheserviere, 1815 Battle of La Suffel, 1815 Battle of the Hospital, 1815 Battle of Rocquencourt, 1815 Battle of Issy, 1815 1794 1815 Battle of Rocquencourt, 1815 75 placed engagements of the Napoleonic Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 1 July 1815 Place Rocquencourt, France48.821N, 2.131E Kind Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic Strength 3,000 blocking cavalry; 1 cavalry division; Three infantry battalions (from the 33rd Regiment) 600–700 officers and light cavalry troopers Casualties and losses Unknown 10 officers and 400–500 troopers Commanders
Battle of Rocquencourt Battle of Rocquencourt Battle of Buzenval Battle of Buzenval Battle of Fort d'Issy Battle of Issy Battle of Châtillon Battle of Buzenval Battle of Fort d'Issy Le Havre Rouen Orléans Reims Le Mans Amiens Troyes Dieppe 100 km 48.821N, 2.131E The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Battle of Rocquencourt is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1583955 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Rocquencourt , revision 1370272998, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.
