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30 March 1814
Fall of Paris
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Paris surrenders to the Coalition armies fighting Napoleon. The French
army had inflicted a number of defeats on the Coalition since the Battle
of Nations at Leipzig in 1813, but each one had taken its toll and
the French were ill equipped to stem the Coalition's advance. Napoleon's
plan had been to retreat with his remaining forces to eastern France where
he would rebuild his army, leaving the defence of Paris to its garrison.
With just 20,000 men and ill-motivated leaders, however, the city is no
match for the forces ranged against it. Defeat at Montmartre leads to
the surrender of Paris, and the next day Alexander
I of Russia and Frederick William III
of Prussia enter in triumph.
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