✦ History

Campaign in north-east France (1814)

December 21, 1813 – April 6, 1814

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 5

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

Key commanders

Coalition 13

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

French Empire and allies 7

Napoleon military commander Auguste de Marmont military commander Michel Ney military commander Joseph Bonaparte military commander Luis Alejandro Berthier military commander Pierre Augereau military commander Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno military commander