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
War of the Sixth Coalition
surface form: 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 Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France

Alexander I of Russia
surface form: 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
surface form: Marne River

River Seine
surface form: Seine River

northeastern France
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
hasObjective defend Paris
repel Allied invasion of France
hasOutcome Allied victory
hasParticipant Allied armies
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Confederation of the Rhine
First French Empire
Kingdom of Bavaria
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony
Kingdom of Sweden
Kingdom of Württemberg
Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France

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 French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Battle of Paris (1814)
War of the Sixth Coalition alsoKnownAs French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Campaign of 1813–1814
First Bourbon Restoration precededByEvent French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of France (1814)
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) precededBy French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of France (1814)
Napoleon I abdication in 1814 follows French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of France (1814)
Battle of Laon theater French campaign of 1814
Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube partOf French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Campaign of France (1814)
Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube associatedWith French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Allied invasion of France (1814)
La Résistance de 1814 (The Resistance of 1814) historicalContext French campaign of 1814
subject surface form: La Résistance de 1814
this entity surface form: Campaign of France (1814)
La Résistance de 1814 mainSubject French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Campaign of France (1814)
Battle of Brienne (1814) partOf French campaign of 1814
this entity surface form: Campaign of France (1814)
Battle of Brienne (1814) isPartOf French campaign of 1814