Battle of Paris (1814)
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The Battle of Paris was fought on 30–31 March 1814 between the Sixth Coalition, consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, and the French Empire. After a day of fighting in the suburbs of Paris, the French surrendered on 31 March, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition and forcing Emperor Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile.
The defense of Clichy during the battle, painting by Horace Vernet (1820). In the centre, Marshal Moncey gives his orders to goldsmith Jean-Baptiste Odiot, colonel of the National Guard, for whom the painting was made.
Russian army enters Paris
Alexander I of Russia, leader of the coalition
Field Marshal Count Barclay de Tolly, commander of the joint forces
War of the Sixth Coalition
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In the War of the Sixth Coalition, sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation, a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and a number of German States defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba. After the disastrous French invasion of Russia of 1812 in which they had been forced to support France, Prussia and Austria joined Russia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Portugal, and the rebels in Spain who were already at war with France.
War of the Sixth Coalition
Strategic situation in Europe in 1813
The Battle of Hanau
The charge of the Life Guards Cossacks at Leipzig