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Battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition involving Prussia
- Battle of La RothièreNapoleon stood at the edge of disaster in November 1813. His army had just suffered a crushing defeat at Leipzig, forcing him to retreat across the Rhine…
- Battle of Château-Thierry (1814)On the 1st of February 1814, Blücher and his generals celebrated a victory at La Rothière. They believed the war would end soon.
- Battle of LaonThe town of Laon rose over 100 meters above the surrounding countryside on the 9th of March 1814. This flat-topped hill provided a commanding view for anyone…
- Battle of Reims (1814)On the 9th of March 1814, Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher defeated Emperor Napoleon's army at Laon. The French lost 4,000 killed and wounded plus…
- Battle of Arcis-sur-AubeIn late February 1814, Napoleon discovered that the Allied armies of Schwarzenberg and Blücher had separated. Blücher's army was making a lunge at Paris with…
- Battle of VauchampsOn the 14th of February 1814, the Battle of Vauchamps marked the final major engagement of the Six Days Campaign. This conflict occurred within the War of…
- Battle of Lützen (1813)Napoleon's army lay in ruins after the 1812 Russian campaign. European powers saw a chance to remove him from power. Prussia declared neutrality following…
- Battle of Bautzen (1813)The Prusso-Russian army retreated in full disorder after their defeat at the Battle of Lützen. Generals Peter Wittgenstein and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher…
- Battle of CraonneOn the 22nd of February 1814, Austrian field marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg commanded nearly 150,000 Allied troops against Napoleon's half…
- Battle of DresdenOn the 16th of August 1813, Napoleon dispatched Marshal Saint-Cyr's corps to fortify Dresden. This city in modern-day Germany became a critical pivot point…
- Battle of BrienneIn November 1813, the 70,000 French survivors of the disastrous German Campaign crossed to the west bank of the Rhine River.
- Battle of LeipzigNapoleon invaded Russia on the 24th of June 1812 with around 685,000 troops. He entered Moscow in late 1812 after the bloody Battle of Borodino.
- Battle of Paris (1814)On the 20th of December 1813, the Army of Bohemia crossed the upper Rhine near Basel. This marked the beginning of a coordinated invasion into France by…