Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: "Umambo Hukuru hahusisipo. France pachayo ndiyo yatinofanira kudzivirira zvino", ndiwo akanga ari mashoko aNapoleon kuSeneti pakupera kwa1813. Mambo wacho akakwanisa kuunganidza mauto matsva, asi zvaiva zvisingaiti kuti arwise hondo. Mauto eAllies akanga achipinda nechisimba achibva kuPyrenees, achiyambuka mapani okuNorth Italy, uye achipfuura nemuganhu wokumabvazuva weFrancewo. Hondo yacho yakatanga nenzira inotyisa apo Napoleon akakundwa muHondo yeLa Rothière, asi akakurumidza kuwanazve mudzimu wake wekare. Mukurwisa Kwemazuva matanhatu kwaFebruary 1814, "Grande Armée" yavarume 30 000 yakaparira vanhu 20 000 kuuto rakapararira raFeld Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher pamutengo we2 000 chete nokuda kwavo vamene. Ivo ipapo vakananga kumaodzanyemba uye vakakurira Field Marshal Karl von Schwarzenberg's corps pa
Hondo yeMontereau. Kukunda uku, zvisinei, hakuna kukwanisa kugadzirisa mamiriro ezvinhu akaipa kudaro, uye kukundwa kweFrance paHondo yeLaon neHondo yeArcis-sur-Aube kwakaderedza manzwiro. Pakupera kwaMarch, Paris yakawa mumaoko evaAllies. Napoleon aida kuramba achirwa, asi vatungamiriri vake vakaramba, vachimumanikidza kusiya chigaro musi waApril 6, 1814.