<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ibutho likaMerlin lalihileleke ekulweni okwenzeka ngemva kweMpi yaseGué-à-Tresmes. Ngo-2 Mashi 1814 uFriedrich von Kleist wathumela ibutho lokuhlola lamabutho amathathu abagibeli bamahhashi, amabutho amahlanu abagibeli bamahhashi namabhethri amabili omcibisholo wamahhashi. UMerlin wahlasela amaPrussian kodwa wabuyiselwa emuva ngosizo lwempi yakhe. AmaPrussian amiswa futhi ahoxa ntambama. Ngesikhathi seMpi yaseLaon ngomhlaka 9 Mashi, amabutho kaMarshal Auguste de Marmont noBordesoulle aqothulwa ukuhlaselwa kwePrussia okwenzeka ngo-7: 30 ntambama. AmaFulentshi alahlekelwa amadoda angu-3.500 nezibhamu ezingu-45 kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-Hurrah of Athies. Empini YaseReims  <response>: Ngomhlaka 13 Mashi, isigaba sikaMerlin sathuthuka ngakwesokudla kakhulu nomsebenzi wokunqanda amaPrussia ukuba abuyele emuva ebhulohweni laseSillery. Abagibeli bamahhashi banqoba amabutho amaningi asePrussia, baphoqa amasosha ukuba anikezele. NgoMashi 14, amabutho kaMerlin ashaywa empini nebutho likaFriedrich von Katzeler lasePrussian eCourcy, alahlekelwa abantu abangaba yikhulu. Ngo-17 Mashi, isigaba sikaMerlin sasincishisiwe saba yizi-1 150 lapho sabelwa i-Marmont. 