✦ History

Campaign in north-east France (1814)

December 21, 1813 – April 6, 1814

Result Coalition victory

The Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France; Napoleon won a string of battles in February but could not stop the march on Paris, which fell on 31 March, and he abdicated on 6 April.

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Battles 6

February 1, 1814
Battle of La Rothière Battle of La Rothière Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
February 10–15, 1814
Six Days' Campaign French victory Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
February 11, 1814
Battle of Montmirail French victory Battle of Montmirail Napoleon, Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
February 18, 1814
Battle of Montereau French victory Battle of Montereau Napoleon, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, William I of Württemberg
March 9–10, 1814
Battle of Laon (1814) Coalition victory Battle of Laon (1814) Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Michel Ney
March 30–31, 1814
Battle of Paris (1814) Coalition victory Battle of Paris (1814) Alexander I of Russia, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Frederick William III of Prussia

Key commanders

French Empire and allies 10

Napoleon military commander Michel Ney military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Joseph Bonaparte military commander Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier military commander Pierre Augereau military commander Luis Alejandro Berthier military commander Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno military commander Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald military commander François Joseph Lefebvre military commander

Coalition 14

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher military commander Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken military commander Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg military commander Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg military commander William I of Württemberg military commander August Neidhardt von Gneisenau military commander Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz military commander Alexander I of Russia military commander Frederick William III of Prussia military commander Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh military commander Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor belligerent leader Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly military commander Charles XIV John military commander Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg military commander