Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
— Napoleon Bonaparte-
Category Archives: War of the Sixth Coalition
First Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814, ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition. The Treaty was made between representatives of the allies (United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Portugal and Prussia) and France following the restoration … Continue reading
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Battle of Toulouse
The Battle of Toulouse (April 1814) was an unsatisfactory coda to Wellington’s hard-won victory in the Peninsula Campaign. In the greater scheme of things, with Napoleon about to abdicate, Toulouse proved an almost irrelevant clash of arms as the British, … Continue reading
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Tagged abdication, allied army, armistice, battle, battleground, bordeaux, british commander, casualties, cavalry, clash of arms, french territory, napoleon, peninsula campaign, scheme of things, soult, toulouse, wellington, wet ground
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First Abdication (April 1814)
The allies were in Paris, but Napoleon was not crushed. Encamped at Fontainebleau, his army about him, the soldiers everywhere faithful to him, he had still a chance of victory, and the allies looked with uneasiness to see what move … Continue reading
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Allies Enter Paris (1814)
“Sadly, loyalty to the Emperor was so much diminished in the Senate and the legislative body, that there were leading members of these assemblies, such as Tallyrand, … and others, who through secret emissaries informed the allied sovereigns of the … Continue reading
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Defence of France & Six Days Campaign (1814)
In January 1814 the French army was again on home soil after the defeats of 1812 and 1813. 73,000 men were lost as a direct result of Leipzig and Napoleon was obliged to leave another 100,000 troops in garrisons in … Continue reading
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Battle of Hanau
The Battle of Hanau was fought on (30 – 31 October 1813) between Karl Philipp von Wrede’s Austro-Bavarian corps and Napoleon’s retreating French during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Following Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Leipzig earlier in … Continue reading
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Tagged austrian troops, austro, battle of leipzig, bavaria, bavarian, bonaparte, coalition, drouot, flank, french army, french control, french soil, hanau, imperial guard, karl philipp, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, reinforcements, sixth, tactical victory, von wrede
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Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig (16-19 Oct 1813, also known as Battle of the Nations) was the largest battle of the Napoleonic wars and the largest battle in Europe until the First World War easily ranking as one of the largest … Continue reading
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Battle of Bautzen (May 20-21, 1813)
After the loss of the Battle of Lützen, the combined Russian and Prussian army of Prince Wittgenstein retreated eastward. Ordered to make a stand by Czar Alexander and the King of Prussia, Wittgenstein took up a defensive position at Bautzen … Continue reading
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Battle of Lutzen
In the Battle of Lützen (May 2, 1813), Napoleon lured a combined Prussian and Russian force into a trap, halting the advances of the Sixth Coalition after his devastating losses in Russia. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to … Continue reading
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