Editing Six Days' Campaign (section)

{{Short description|1814 campaign during the War of the Sixth Coalition}}
{{Distinguish|Six-Day War}}
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Six Days Campaign
|partof=the [[1814 campaign in north-east France]]
|image=Battle of Napoleon 6-day-war 1814.jpg
|image_size=300px
|caption= Lithograph of the [[Battle of Montmirail]]
|date=10–15 February 1814
|place=Northeastern [[France]]
|result=French victory (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]])
|combatant1={{flagcountry|First French Empire}}
|combatant2={{flagcountry|Prussia|1803}}<br>{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|commander1={{flagicon|First French Empire}} [[Napoleon I]]
|commander2={{flagicon|Prussia|1803}} [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher|Gebhard von Blücher]]
|strength1=30,000 men{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=976}}
|strength2=50,000–56,000 men{{sfn|Maude|1911|p=232}}{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=976}}{{sfn|Petre|1994|pp=70–71}}
|casualties1=3,400 men<ref name=Chandler/>
|casualties2=17,750 men (in battle)<ref name=Chandler/><br/>28,500 (in all){{sfn|Nafziger|2015|pp=168–169}}<br/>36 guns{{sfn|Chandler|1966|pp=974–976}}
|campaignbox={{Campaignbox Six Days Campaign}}
 {{Campaignbox Campaign of France}}
 {{Campaignbox Sixth Coalition}}
}}{{Campaignbox Russo-French Wars}}
The '''Six Days Campaign''' (10–15 February 1814) was a final series of victories by the forces of [[Napoleon I of France]] as the [[War of the Sixth Coalition|Sixth Coalition]] closed in on [[Paris]].

The Six Days Campaign was fought from 10 February to 15 February during which time Napoleon inflicted four defeats on [[Gebhard von Blücher|Blücher's]] Army of Silesia in the [[Battle of Champaubert]], the [[Battle of Montmirail]], the [[Battle of Château-Thierry (1814)|Battle of Château-Thierry]], and the [[Battle of Vauchamps]]. Napoleon's 30,000-man{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=976}} army managed to inflict 17,750 casualties<ref name=Chandler/> on Blücher's force of 50,000–56,000.{{sfn|Maude|1911|p=232}}{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=976}}{{sfn|Petre|1994|pp=70–71}}

The advance of the [[Army of Bohemia]] under Prince [[Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg|Schwarzenberg]] toward Paris compelled Napoleon to abandon his pursuit of Blücher's army, which, though badly beaten, was soon replenished by the arrival of reinforcements.{{sfn|Chandler|1966|pp=974–976}} Five days after the defeat at Vauchamps, the Army of Silesia was back on the offensive.{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=976}}