Editing Battle of Leipzig (section)

==Aftermath==
{{blockquote|A year ago all Europe marched with us; today all Europe marches against us.|Napoleon{{sfn|Headley|1851}}}}

The battle ended the French Empire's presence east of the Rhine and brought secondary German states (e.g. [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]], Saxony, and Württemberg) over to the Coalition with the largest German states of Austria and Prussia. It also dealt a harsh blow to Napoleon himself, who had a second French army destroyed in as many years, and was decisively defeated in battle again, repeating such defeats as the one suffered in 1809 at the [[Battle of Aspern-Essling]], severely damaging his reputation of invincibility. Alexander I now urged all of his subordinate commanders including those of Austria, Prussia, and other nations to push the gigantic Coalition army on the offensive after the battle, and, having decisively won the battle, was more than ever determined to carry the war onto French soil.{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=947}}

Three weeks after Leipzig, having won the [[Battle of Hanau]], Napoleon arrived at [[Saint-Cloud]] to organize the defense of France.{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=945}} When he went back to Paris at the year's end, his first words on entering the [[Senat conservateur|Senate]], after his return from the battle disaster, sad and low in mood, were, "A year ago all Europe marched with us; today all Europe marches against us."{{sfn|Headley|1851}} Half a million troops had been lost in the German Campaign of 1813.{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=945}}

With the Confederation of the Rhine dissolved and Prussia once again becoming one of the continent's great powers after its [[War of the Fourth Coalition|severe setbacks]] in 1806,{{sfn|Smith|2001}} the Coalition armies pressed the advantage and invaded France in early 1814. Napoleon engaged some of their units during his [[Campaign in north-east France (1814)|counter-offensive campaign]]. After [[Battle of Paris (1814)|Paris fell to the Coalition]] on 31 March, he abdicated on 6 April. Forced into exile on the island of [[Elba]] Napoleon arrived there on 30 May.{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=1002}}

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Image:Russparis.jpg|The Russian Army entering Paris, 1814
File:Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig beim Nacht.jpg|''{{lang|de|Völkerschlachtdenkmal}}'': [[Monument to the Battle of the Nations]] in Leipzig, completed in 1913
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P011862, Breslau, Jahrhunderthalle.jpg|[[Hala Stulecia (Wrocław)|''Jahrhunderthalle'']] in [[Breslau]] (Wrocław in Poland), also completed in 1913
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