Timeline - Wars of Liberation, French Campaign : 21 December 1813 – 31 March 1814

Wars of Liberation begin with the signing of the Convention of Tauroggen by Yorck, commander of the Prussian Auxiliary Corps of the French in Russia (end of the Prussian alliance with the French) on 30 December 1812.

Campaign in France begins with the crossing of the Rhine river by the Allied Army, 21 December 1813, and ends with the capitulation of Paris, 31 March 1814.

Includes ‘Campaign of the Five Days.’

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• 29 January 1814. Battle of Brienne. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Prussia) (Blücher). French.
• 30 January 1814. Battle of La Rothière. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Prussia) (Blücher). French.
• 10 February 1814. Battle of Champaubert. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Olssufiev/Blücher). French.
• 11 February 1814. Battle of Montmirail. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Sacken/Yorck). French.
• 12 February 1814. Battle of Château Thierry. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Blücher). French.
• 14 February 1814. Battle of Vauchamps. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Blücher). French.
• 17 February 1814. Battle of Valjouan (Battle of Mormant). France (Gérard/Grouchy) vs. Allies (Wrede). French.
• 18 February 1814. Battle of Montereau. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Württemberg) (Prince Eugène of Württemberg). French.
• 27 February 1814. Battle of Bar-sur-Aube. France (Oudinot) vs. Allies (Wittgenstein/Wrede). Allied.
• 7 March 1814. Battle of Craonne. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Blücher). French. (Grouchy and Victor were severely wounded).
• 8 March 1814. Action at Etouvelles. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Russia). French.
• 8 March 1814. Battle of Bergen op Zoom. France (Bizonet) vs. Allies (Graham). French.
• 9-10 March 1814. Battle of Laon. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Blücher/ Winzingerode/Gneisenau). Allied.
• 13 March 1814. Battle of Reims. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (St. Priest). French.
• 17 March 1814. Battle of Fismes. France (Marmont) vs. Allies (Blücher). Allied.
• 19-24 March. Battle of Maubeuge. France (Schouller) vs. Allies (Lecoq). French.
• 20-21 March. Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. France (Napoleon) vs. Allies (Schwarzenberg). Allied.
• 25 March. Battle of La Fère Champenoise. France (Marmont/Mortier) vs. Allies (Schwarzenberg). Allied.
• 30 March 1814. Battle of Romainville. France vs. Allies. Allied victory.
• 30-31 March 1814. Battle of Paris (Montmartre) and Capitulation of Paris. France (Marmont/Mortier) vs. Allies (Schwarzenberg). Allied victory.
• 2 April. Napoleon is deposed by the Senate.
• 4 April. Napoleon decides to abdicate, under pressure from his maréchaux.
• 6 April. Napoleon’s unconditional abdication.
• 10 April. Battle of Toulouse. Defeat.
• 14 April. Battle of Bayonne. Undecided outcome.
• 20 April. Adieux de Fontainebleau.
• 4 May. Napoleon leaves for Elba.
• 30 May. Treaty of Paris.
• 1 November. Beginning of the Congress of Vienna (until June 1815).