The Campaign of France, 1814

Four victories in five days, and still the Empire fell.

In February 1814 Napoleon was outnumbered on his own soil. He beat Blücher's army four times in five days. Six weeks later the Allies were in Paris. Follow it all on the map, day by day.

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Napoleon on a white horse leads his staff across a frozen, churned field
Ernest Meissonier, Campagne de France, 1814, 1864. Musée d'Orsay.

The Six Days

10–15 February 1814: the heart of the prototype

From Paris to Elba

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  1. Napoleon leaves Paris for the front
  2. Battle of La Rothière
  3. Battle of Champaubert
  4. Battle of Vauchamps
  5. Battle of Montereau
  6. Paris capitulates
  7. Unconditional abdication
  8. Farewell to the Old Guard

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Soldiers of my Old Guard, I bid you farewell. For twenty years I have constantly accompanied you on the road to honour and glory.Napoleon at Fontainebleau, 20 April 1814 · Read the full speech