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culminating in the Battle of Dresden in August 1813.
Despite these stunning successes against multiple armies, the losses continue to
mount against Napoleon. The French army is eventually pinned down by a force
twice its size and at the Battle of Leipzig. This is by far the largest battle of the
Napoleonic Wars and cost more than 90,000 casualties in total.
The Battle of Leipzig marks the first time Napoleon was defeated in battle.
SPRING 1814
PARIS IS CAPTURED / NAPOLEON FORCED TO
ABDICATE
Napoleon withdraws back to France; his army having been reduced to 70,000
soldiers and 40,000 stragglers, against more than three times as many Allied
troops. The French are surrounded as British forces press from the south, and
other Coalition forces position to attack from the German states. Paris is
captured by the Coalition in March 1814.
On April 2, 1814, the French Senate declares Napoleon deposed. When
Napoleon learns that Paris has surrendered, he proposes that the army march on
the capital. His Marshals then mutiny. They confront Napoleon and force him to
