It was fought Hostile_encounter between a French army led Bringing by Napoleon and a small Russian corps commanded Control by Lieutenant General Count Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev .

After putting up Placing a good fight , the Russian formation was effectively destroyed Destroying ; the survivors escaped Escaping into the woods while Olsufiev became Becoming a French prisoner Prison .

Allied lapses in communication and Blücher 's overconfidence left Olsufiev 's corps isolated near Champaubert when Napoleon 's army lunged Self_motion from the south to deal it a crippling blow Attack .