French campaign of 1814

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The French campaign of 1814 was Napoleon Bonaparte’s final defensive campaign on French soil, marked by a series of hard-fought battles against the invading Allied armies that ultimately led to his first abdication.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic campaign
military campaign
describedAs Napoleon’s final defensive campaign on French soil
endTime 1814-04
followedBy Hundred Days
Napoleon’s exile to Elba
follows Battle of Leipzig
German campaign of 1813
hasBattle Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
Battle of Brienne
Battle of Champaubert
Battle of Château-Thierry (1814)
Battle of Craonne
Battle of La Rothière
Battle of Laon
Battle of Montmirail
Battle of Paris (1814)
Battle of Reims (1814)
Battle of Vauchamps
Six Days’ Campaign
hasCharacteristic numerical inferiority of French forces
rapid maneuver warfare
series of hard-fought battles
hasCommander Frederick William III of Prussia
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte

Tsar Alexander I of Russia
hasConsequence Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
first abdication of Napoleon
restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France
hasLocation Champagne
France
Marne River
linked to: Marne

Seine River
linked to: River Seine

northeastern France
Île-de-France
hasObjective defend Paris
repel Allied invasion of France
hasOutcome Allied victory
hasParticipant Allied armies
Austrian Empire
Confederation of the Rhine
First French Empire
Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony
Kingdom of Sweden
Kingdom of Württemberg
Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte

Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
partOf Napoleonic Wars
War of the Sixth Coalition
startTime 1814-01

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Battle of Leipzig followedBy French campaign of 1814
War of the Sixth Coalition majorBattle Battle of Paris (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
War of the Sixth Coalition alsoKnownAs Campaign of 1813–1814
linked to: French campaign of 1814
First Bourbon Restoration precededByEvent Allied invasion of France (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) precededBy Allied invasion of France (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
Napoleon I abdication in 1814 follows Allied invasion of France (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
Battle of Laon theater French campaign of 1814
Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube partOf Campaign of France (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube associatedWith Allied invasion of France (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
La Résistance de 1814 historicalContext Campaign of France (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
La Résistance de 1814 mainSubject Campaign of France (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
Battle of Brienne (1814) partOf Campaign of France (1814)
linked to: French campaign of 1814
Battle of Brienne (1814) isPartOf French campaign of 1814