Napoleon at Bay 1814

advanced guard Aisne allies Allix Arcis army of Bohemia army of Silesia Arrighi artillery attack Aube Bar-sur-Aube battle Berry-au-Bac Blücher Bordessoulle Boyer bridge Brienne brigade Bülow campaign cavalry Châlons Champaubert Charpentier Château Château-Thierry Chaumont command Corbény corps Corr cossacks Craonne cross Dienville division Dizier driven Emperor enemy Epernay Etoges February Fère Champenoise Ferté Ferté-sous-Jouarre Festieux fight Fismes flank force French front garrisons Gérard Gneisenau guns Heurtebise infantry join Kleist and Kapzewitch La Ferté-sous-Jouarre La Rothière Langeron Laon left bank Lesmont Macdonald Marmont Marmont and Mortier Marne marshals Meaux Méry Meunier Montereau Montmirail move movement Müffling Nansouty Napoleon night Nogent numbers Olsufiew orders Oudinot Ourcq Pacthod Pahlen Plancy position reached rear rearguard Reims reinforced retreat right bank road Rothière Russian Sacken Schwarzenberg Sebastiani Semilly sent Seslawin Sézanne Soissons Trilport troops Troyes Tsar Vendœuvre VI corps Victor Vitry whilst Winzingerode Wittgenstein Woronzow Wrede Würtemberg Yonne Yorck