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==Result== [[File:Marechal-victor.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|alt=Black and white print shows a curly-haired and clean-shaven man wearing a highly embroidered military uniform.|Claude Victor]] The Allies had become overextended and Napoleon took advantage of this to strike hard at his enemies. [[George Nafziger]] estimated that the French sustained 800 casualties while the Allies lost 3,000 men and 14 guns at Mormant and Valjouan.{{sfn|Nafziger|2015|p=206}} [[Digby Smith]] gave casualties for the actions as 600 French and 3,114 Allied, with the French seizing 9 guns and 40 caissons. Pahlen was credited with 2,500 infantry and 1,800 cavalry of which 1,250 were Russian and 550 were Austrian. Though the author listed the Valjouan action, he did not list Bavarian numbers. The French brought 18,000–20,000 men to the battlefield.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=498}} [[Gaston Bodart]] stated that the French brought 18,000 troops into action and sustained losses of 600. Bodart credited the Coalition with 5,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry, and gave their losses as 2,400 men, including 550 Austrians.{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=473}} Napoleon was angry at Victor for not pressing on that evening.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=82}} He expected Victor to be at Montereau at 6:00 a.m. the next day. When Victor did not arrive before the town until 9:00 a.m.,{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=83}} the French emperor replaced him with Gérard.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=84}} Schwarzenberg ordered the Crown Prince of Württemberg to hold a bridgehead at Montereau for a day.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=82}} The [[Battle of Montereau]] was fought on 18 February.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=498}}
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