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Battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition involving Russia
- 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 12th of February 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte stood within 75 kilometers of Paris, chasing two battered Allied corps toward a single bridge over the Marne…
- 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 ChampaubertOn the 10th of February 1814, a 19-year-old French conscript with fewer than six months of military service walked up to one of Russia's senior generals and…
- Battle of MontmirailThe Battle of Montmirail, fought on the 11th of February 1814, was one of Napoleon's most daring gambles. With only 70,000 soldiers facing roughly 200,000…
- 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-AubeThe Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube unfolded over two days in March 1814, and it nearly ended with the capture of Napoleon Bonaparte himself.
- Battle of VauchampsThe Battle of Vauchamps, fought on the 14th of February 1814, ended a remarkable six-day stretch in which Napoleon repeatedly beat the same enemy.
- Battle of MormantThe Battle of Mormant on the 17th of February 1814 began before sunrise, with French infantry advancing at five in the morning toward a Russian force that…
- Battle of Saint-DizierThe Battle of Saint-Dizier, fought on the 26th of March 1814, holds a peculiar place in military history: it was a French victory that helped lose a war.
- Battle of Lützen (1813)On the 2nd of May 1813, near the town of Lützen in Saxony, Napoleon Bonaparte rode among disordered conscripts on a battlefield that was going badly wrong.
- Battle of Bautzen (1813)The Battle of Bautzen, fought on the 20th and the 21st of May 1813, came down to a single question: could Napoleon finally destroy the Prusso-Russian army in…
- Battle of CraonneOn the 7th of March 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte stood on the Chemin des Dames ridge with roughly 30,000 men and a problem he had not anticipated.
- Battle of DresdenThe Battle of Dresden began on the 26th of August, 1813, and within two days it had produced one of Napoleon's most tactically impressive victories.
- Battle of BrienneThe Battle of Brienne on the 29th of January 1814 took place at a site Napoleon knew intimately. He had entered the Royal School of Brienne as a boy of nine…
- Battle of LeipzigThe Battle of Leipzig lasted four days in October 1813, and by its end roughly 133,000 soldiers were dead, wounded, or missing.
- Battle of Paris (1814)On the morning of the 30th of March 1814, the city of Paris woke to the sound of artillery. For two decades, Napoleon had carried war to every corner of…