In which battle napolean was decisively and final defecated
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After the failure of his Russian campaign, the Emperor was forced to exile on the island of Elba in 1814. Europe then believes to have finished with Napoleon I. On March 1, 1815, to everyone's surprise, the latter landed with a thousand men near Toulon.
In just three weeks, he is in Paris where he regains power and rebuilds his army.
The great European monarchies declare it outlaw and agree to mobilize collectively 900'000 soldiers to attack France on all sides. But these will not be ready until July. For Napoleon, the alternative is clear: exile again or take speed Allies.
Take Brussels
Indeed, at this precise moment, only the British and Dutch-Belgian forces under the command of Wellington and Marshal Blücher's Prussian army are already in order of battle.
Bonaparte wants to strike the spirits by seizing Brussels in favor of a quick victory over the English and Prussian troops, and thus dissuade the other Allies from daring to attack him.
Undecided Battles
On June 15, 1815, Napoleon implemented his plan and entered Belgium. Its military strength is higher than that of Wellington and Blücher taken separately, but much lower if they manage to join them.
The eagle divides his army in two wings to attack the next day the Prussians at Ligny. The latter will be beaten, but not defeated. They will succeed in saving most of their strength.
Marshal Ney was commissioned by Napoleon to confront the English at Quatre-Bras at Baisy-Thy. The battle is undecided and Wellington decides to entrench himself on the plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean, a strategic position he knows well and where Blücher promised to join him.
Napoleon, who believes the Prussians in rout, waits the next day only to launch Marshal Grouchy and his 30,000 men on their heels.
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