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| 1812 |
| | | After victory at Borodino, Napoleon enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and burning | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Napoleon begins the retreat from Moscow, in arctic conditions and harried by guerrilla attacks | |
|  | Napoleon on the retreat from Moscow, after painting by Delort
Mary Evans Picture Library
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| 1812 |
| | | Napoleon arrives back in Paris ahead of the remains of his army, after losing half a million men in the Russian campaign | |
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| 1813 |
| | | The king of Prussia, Frederick William III, changes sides and declares war on France | |
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| 1813 |
| | | Wellington defeats Napoleon's brother Joseph at Vitoria, and captures his valuable baggage train | |
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| 1813 |
| | | In a treaty with Russia and Prussia at Reichenbach, Austria agrees to declare war on France | |
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| 1813 |
| | | Wellington crosses the Bidassoa river in the north of Spain, bringing an enemy army on to French soil for the first time in twenty years | |
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| 1813 |
| | | The allies inflict a heavy defeat on Napoleon at Leipzig, in the so-called Battle of the Nations | |
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| 1814 |
| | | The Russian emperor and the Prussian king take a salute in the Champs Elysées after the allies capture Paris | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Napoleon abdicates at Fontainebleau and the French senate invites Louis XVIII to return to reclaim his throne | |
|  | Peace celebration fair in Hyde Park, 1814
Guildhall Library
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