Napoleon's Hundred days
Campaign Name : Napoleon's Hundred days
Date(s) : 01 March 1815 - 21 June 1815
Part of : The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ,
Summary
Napoleon's attempt to regain power after his abdication and exile on Elba.
It began with his impressive march from Cannes to Paris, gathering supporters along the way, and ended with one of the worlds most famous battles, at Waterloo, Belgium where he was narrowly beaten by a coalition of forces lead by the British Duke of Wellington and the Prussian General Blucher.
On the 21 June, after the defeat, Napoleon abdicated for a second time. He was the exiled again, this time to the island prison of St Helena where he died 5 years later.
Also includes the following
- Fleurus, Gilly and Gosselies 15 June 1815
- Quatre-Bras 16 June 1815 - 17 June 1815
- Ligny 16 June 1815
- Waterloo 18 June 1815
- Wavre 18 June 1815 - 19 June 1815
- Namur 20 June 1815
- Meillerie 21 June 1815
- Césanne [Cesana-Torinsese] 21 June 1815
- Avesnes-sur-Helpe 22 June 1815
- Guise 24 June 1815
- Surburg 26 June 1815
- Compiègne-sur-Oise 27 June 1815
- Dannemarie 27 June 1815
- Villers-Cotterêts 28 June 1815
- Strasbourg 28 June 1815 - 30 July 1815
- Suffelweyersheim 28 June 1815
- Les Rousses Pass 28 June 1815
- Versailles 01 July 1815
- Issy 02 July 1815 - 03 July 1815
- Fort L'Ecluse 05 July 1815 - 07 July 1815
- Nantua 06 July 1815
- Hausbergen 09 July 1815
- Mâcon 10 July 1815
- Givet and Charlemont 22 August 1815 - 24 September 1815