REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814
REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814
REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814
REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814
REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814
REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814

REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814

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On 6 February 1814, the deputy mayor of Reims opened the city's gates to a handful of Cossacks claiming allegiance to Winzingerode's Russian army. Following this bold bluff, the city would change hands no fewer than four times during the month of March, alternating between French and Coalition forces. Son of a former minister of Louis XVI, it was the turncoat general Saint-Priest who, seizing the city by force on 12 March 1814 at the head of a Russo-Prussian corps, prompted Napoleon to commit himself personally to the battle in order to restore a compromised tactical situation. After fierce fighting at Tinqueux and at the Porte de Vesle, he entered Reims in triumph the following evening. The Emperor remained there for three days — not only to rest his army, but above all to govern a France in desperate need of leadership. Leaving the city to the cheers of the people of Reims on the morning of 17 March, he was nonetheless compelled to resume his march towards the tragic destiny that awaited him just days later at Fontainebleau.

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Frédéric Delaitre
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French
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HISTORIC'ONE

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