вЂ“ 2 DECEMBER, 1813: вЂњORANJE BOVEN!вЂќ (вЂLong Live the House of Orange'): William I of Orange, made Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands on 2 December, 1813ДЄfter nineteen years in exile, the Prince of Orange returned to the Netherlands on 30 November, 1813. With the Confederation of the Rhine collapsing (Duke Louis of Darmstadt and Frederick of Wurtemburg joined the allies on the same day), Napoleon headed for Paris incognito on 7 November to begin preparations for the continuation of the fight. As he noted in a letter Cambaceres written that very day, вЂњI'm attempting to rally, rest and reorganize the armyвЂќ (meaning, вЂњthe army is dispersed, exhausted and disorganisedвЂќ). Reaching the fortress at Mainz on the river Rhine on 2 November in the morning, Napoleon remained there for six days trying to reconstitute what remained of the army (70,000 men, of which thousands were sick with typhus and only 30,000 were properly under orders).

вЂ“ 7 NOVEMBER, 1813: THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN IN SAXONY Before January: the March towards the Invasion of France

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