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Strategic situation in 1814. When the last French troops had crossed west of the Rhine, the Coalition members disagreed on the next action. Russian Emperor Alexander I wanted the Coalition armies to push on, but everyone was weary of the war, and many felt that it would be unwise to push Napoleon and the French nation to extremes. Hence there ...
Between 10 and 15 February 1814, the French inflicted losses of at least 14,034 men and 52 guns on the Army of Silesia. A second estimate listed 16,000 casualties and 60 guns. A third estimate reached as high as 20,000 casualties, but a calculation by historian George Nafziger suggested that Blücher may have lost 28,500 soldiers.
French Campaign, 1814 (French: Campagne de France, 1814, alternative title: 1814) is an oil on wood painting by French painter Ernest Meissonier, created between 1860 and 1864. French Campaign, 1814 is one of the best-known artworks of Meissonier, and it is part of his Napoleonic cycle of paintings, with 1807, Friedland and The Morning of ...
May 18: Britain declares war on France; May 26: France invades Hanover; 1804. March 21: Introduction of the Civil Code (also known as Napoleon Code) May 18: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of the French by the Senate; December 2: Napoleon crowns himself emperor, in the company of the Pope; 1805. October 19: Battle of Ulm
List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition (9 October 1806 – 9 July 1807) List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition (10 April – 14 October 1809) List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition (3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814) List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition) (15/20 March – 8 July / 16 ...
The timeline of wars has been split up in the following periods: List of wars: before 1000; List of wars: 1000–1499; List of wars: 1500–1799; List of wars: 1800–1899; List of wars: 1900–1944; List of wars: 1945–1989; List of wars: 1990–2002; List of wars: 2003–present
The Six Days Campaign (10–15 February 1814) was a final series of victories by the forces of Napoleon I of France as the Sixth Coalition closed in on Paris.. The Six Days Campaign was fought from 10 February to 15 February during which time Napoleon inflicted four defeats on Blücher's Army of Silesia in the Battle of Champaubert, the Battle of Montmirail, the Battle of Château-Thierry, and ...
Campaign in north-east France (1814) Campaign in south-west France (1814) Battle of Cancha Rayada (1814) Siege of Cattaro; Battle of Caulk's Field; Battle of Champaubert; Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) Battle of Puruarán; Battle of Courtrai (1814) Battle of Craonne; Cuzco Rebellion of 1814