Ka kammala wannan jumla: Yaƙin Ƙungiya ta Biyar a shekara ta 1809 ya ƙare da wani rashin nasara ga sojojin haɗin gwiwa na Daular Austriya, Biritaniya, Spain, da Portugal a kan Faransawa da abokansu na Jamus. Bayan mamayewar Napoleon da ba ta yi nasara ba a Rasha a 1812, Prussia ta shiga cikin ƙasashen da suka riga sun yi yaƙi da Faransa don fara Yaƙin Haɗin Kai na shida a watan Maris na 1813. A lokacin farkon yakin, sojojin da ke kawance da Napoleon sun sha wahala a
Großgörschen (2 Mayu) da Bautzen (20 <unk>21 Mayu), ana tura su zuwa kogin Elbe. Koyaya, saboda rashin horo a cikin sabbin sojojinsa, Napoleon ya kasa cin gajiyar nasarorin da ya samu, ya ba abokan gabansa damar sake tsarawa. Bayan tsagaita wuta, Ostiraliya ta sake shiga cikin Coalition a ranar 17 ga Agusta. An sake jujjuya nasarar Faransa a cikin lambobi, tare da sojojin Coalition suna kirga sojoji 490,000 zuwa 440,000 na Napoleon.