On the 2nd December the emperor witnessed a performance at the Odéon, while the allied armies were crossing the Rhine at Dusseldorf.
On the 6th the Prince of Orange, who had landed in Holland on the 30th November, issued a proclamation to the Dutch.
On the 17th the Allies crossed the Rhine at different points in Alsace.
On the 23rd they occupied Neuchâtel.
On the 31st they entered Geneva.
And with this news closed the year 1813.
The year 1814 was to see a continuation of these reverses and the beginning of defections.
On the 3rd January the Allies took Colmar.
On the 6th they invested Besançon; and Murat, who had re-conquered Naples, signed an armistice with England.
On the 7 h the Allies entered Dôle.