Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yayin da Napoleon ya kayar da Sojojin Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher na Silesia a Yakin Kwanaki Shida, Karl Philipp, Yarima Schwarzenberg na Sojojin Bohemia ya tilasta wa hanyarsa ta haye kogin Seine. Tare da sojojin Faransa da ke komawa zuwa Kogin Yerres, Napoleon ya aika da MacDonald XI Corps kudu zuwa Guignes wanda ya isa marigayi ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, 1814. Wannan ya biyo bayan nasarar Faransa a cikin
Yaƙin Montereau a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu. A wannan lokacin mutum 8,000 XI Corps ya hada da rabuwa na Michel Sylvestre Brayer, Joseph Jean Baptiste Albert da Amey. A ranar 17 zuwa 18 ga watan Fabrairun, rukunin Amey ya hada da Brigade na 2 wanda ya kunshi bataliya biyu daga kowane na 149th Line da Calvados National Guard da kuma bataliya daya daga cikin Manche National Guard. A ranar 28 ga watan Fabrairun, Napoleon ya umarci sashen Amey da ya janye zuwa Troyes don kare jirgin motar sojojin da motocin bindigogi. A ranar 1 ga Maris, rukunin ya ƙidaya mutane 772 ne kawai da kuma rukunin dakarun doki na doki 70 tare da hudu 8-pounders da daya howitzer.