Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na mkpọsa nke 1814 na France, Friant na ndị otu nke mbụ nke Old Guard lụrụ ọgụ na-aga nke ọma megide ndị Ọstrịa nke Gyulai na Bar-sur-Aube na Jenụwarị 24. Friant sonyere na mwakpo mberede nke Napoleon megide ndị agha Blücher nke Silesia, na-enweta mmeri na Montmirail (February 11), Château-Thierry (February 12), na Vauchamps (February 14, 1814). Ndị nche ochie nke Friant bụ isi na nchekwa nke ndị eze ukwu. Ha gbara mbọ ịlụ ọgụ n'ọgba aghara ọbara na nke na-enweghị mgbagha na Craonne (7 Machị 1814), na nke ọzọ na Laon (9-10 Machị), na nke ọzọ na
weghachite Reims (March 13), na mmeri na Arcis-sur-Aube, (March 20).