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With the fall of St.Sebastian all seemed set for Wellington to take the initiative and invade France, and yet he waited. The principle reason for the delay was his need to clarify the situation in the rest of Europe. By 15 September 1813 Wellington knew that the situation was right for the invasion of France. Crossing the Bidassoa, Wellington drove back the French army under Marshal Soults command. In a series of battles between November and February at Nivelle, Nive, St Pierre and Orthez the Allies defeated the French pushing them further into France. The final battle came at Toulouse. The two armies that were locked in battle on 10 April were unaware that the war was already over. Napoleon had abdicated on 4 April and renounced all rights of his family to the throne of France on 6 April. Wellington entered Toulouse to the greetings of a large pro royalist crowd on 12 April. Late that afternoon Colonel Ponsonby, who had been sent by Dalhousie from Bordeaux, brought news of the Emperors abdication. For Wellington a series of campaigns and major battles through the Iberian Peninsula and into France, which had begun in Portugal in 1808, was ended.
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- Books (first-hand)
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- Grant, Charles S.
- Title
- Wellington Invades France 1813-1814
- Details
- English text, numerous plates with uniform illustrations in colour, colour maps. 168 pages.
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