 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ricard akarasikirwa neHondo yeChâteau-Thierry musi wa12. Hondo yeVauchampsyakarwiwa musi wa 14 February 1814 pakati paNapoleon naBlücher. Sezvo Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zietens 5,700-strong Prussian vanguard yakabuda muVauchamps, yakawana kuti yakanga yakatarisana neMarmonts 5,000-man corps. Panguva ino, boka raRicard rakanga rakaderera kuva nesimba revarume 800. Kunyange zvakadaro, Marmont akarayira kuti vapfuurire mberi uye varume vaRicard vakadzoserwa shure. Apo vaPrussian vakatevera, vakasangana neuto raLagrange raiva mberi uye raGrouchy raiva nechipfuva raipinda richibva kurudyi. Boka raZieten rakapotsa raparadzwa nokurasikirwa kukuru kwazvo. Pakupera kwezuva racho Napoleon akanga arova Blücher uyo akarasikirwa navaPrussian 4.000, vaRussia 2.000 uye pfuti 16. VaFrance vakaverenga vanhu 600 chete vakafa. 