 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kurwisana kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweFrance kwakanga kusingagoni kugadziriswa mukati maJanuary nevhiki yokutanga yaFebruary. Mukati meHondo yeBrienne29 January 1814 Napoleon akashamisika Blücher padzimbahwe rake uye akapotsa amubata. Aziva kuti Napoleon akanga ari pedyo Blücher akadzokera makiromita mashomanana kumabvazuva mangwanani akatevera kunzvimbo yakasimba yaidzivirira kubuda kubva kuBar-sur-Aube defile. Ikoko akabatanidzwa neboka revarindi veAustria uye pamwe chete vakasarudza kugamuchira hondo - chaizvoizvo vakanga vasina imwe nzira, sezvo migwagwa iri shure yakanga yakatsvikinyidzana nemotokari zvokuti kudzokera kwakanga kusingabviri. Panenge pamasikati aFebruary 2 Napoleon akavarwisa achivhura Hondo yeLa Rothière. Mamiriro okunze akanga akaipa, uye pasi rakanga rakaoma kwazvo zvokuti zvombo zveFrance, nhoo huru yehurongwa hwose hwaNapoleon hwokurwa, zvakanga zvisingabatsiri uye mumvura yechando iyo nguva nenguva yaitsvaira pamunda, makoramu akarasikirwa nenhungamiro yawo uye mazhinji akabatwa noutsinye nemaCossacks. Kunyange zvazvo vaFrench vakakuvadza zvikuru kupfuura zvavakagamuchira, Napoleon akaenda kuLesmont, uye kubva ipapo kuTroyes, Marshal Marmont achisiyiwa kuti aone muvengi. 