Editing Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (section)

== Conclusion  ==
That evening, Oudinot blocked the causeway on the north bank of the Aube with his troops. MacDonald reached nearby [[Ormes, Aube|Ormes]] with two divisions at 9:00&nbsp;pm, joining [[François Étienne de Kellermann]]'s cavalry corps. [[Étienne Maurice Gérard]]'s corps reached Plancy while the division of [[François Pierre Joseph Amey]] was farther west at [[Anglure]]. Luckily for the French, the Allies did not try to cross to the north bank and disrupt MacDonald's strung out forces.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=176}} The rest of Napoleon's army was headed north to [[Sompuis]]. From there, the French emperor planned to follow his plan to march east to [[Saint-Dizier]] and operate against the Allied supply lines.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=175}} All day on 22 March, MacDonald's troops blocked the bridge at Arcis so that the Allies were completely unaware of Napoleon's movements.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=179}}

Chandler wrote that the battle cost the French 3,000 casualties and the Allies 4,000 casualties.{{sfn|Chandler|1966|p=998}} Smith and Bodart stated that the French lost 3,400 killed and wounded plus three guns and 800 men captured. Allied losses were about 3,000.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=513}}{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=479}} Nafziger agreed that the French suffered 4,200 casualties. He added that the Bavarian corps alone lost 224 officers and 2,000 rank and file casualties. The French fought extremely well. On the first day, the divisions of Janssens and Boyer and two battalions of the Old Guard, perhaps 7,000 men, had fought Wrede's 22,000 soldiers to a standstill.{{sfn|Nafziger|2015|p=322}} On 25 March the Allies defeated Marmont and Mortier at the [[Battle of Fère-Champenoise]].{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=513}} Napoleon won a useless victory at the [[Battle of Saint-Dizier]] the following day.{{sfn|Petre|1994|p=194}} The [[Battle of Paris (1814)|Battle of Paris]] was fought on 30 March and the Allies occupied the French capital the next day. Napoleon abdicated on 6 April 1814.{{sfn|Smith|1998|pp=515–517}}