Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Rukunin Merlin ya shiga cikin fadace-fadace bayan yakin Gué-à-Tresmes. A ranar 2 ga Maris, 1814, Friedrich von Kleist ya aika da rundunar bincike na rundunar sojan doki guda uku, da rundunar bindigogi guda biyar da batura biyu na bindigogi. Merlin ya zargi Prussians amma an tura shi a kan magoya bayansa. An dakatar da Prussians kuma sun janye a ƙarshen rana. A lokacin yakin Laon a ranar 9 ga Maris, rundunar Marshal Auguste de Marmont da Bordesoulle sun yi nasara da harin ba zato ba tsammani na Prussian da karfe 7:30 na yamma. Faransanci ya rasa mutane 3,500 da bindigogi 45 a cikin abin da ake kira "Hurrah of Athies". A cikin
Yaƙin Reims a ranar 13 ga Maris, rukunin Merlin ya ci gaba a gefen dama na dama tare da aikin dakatar da Prussians daga komawa baya zuwa gada a Sillery. Sojojin doki sun mamaye battalion Prussian da yawa, suna tilasta sojoji su mika wuya. A ranar 14 ga Maris, an doke sojojin Merlin a cikin rikici tare da sojojin sojan Prussian na Friedrich von Katzeler a Courcy, inda suka rasa rayuka 100. A ranar 17 ga watan Maris, rukunin Merlin ya ragu zuwa 1,150 sabers lokacin da aka sanya shi ga ƙungiyar Marmont.