March 4th.—Macdonald evacuates Troyes.

March 7th.—Battle of Craonne between Napoleon (30,000 men) and Sacken (100,000). Indecisive.

March 9th.—English driven from Berg-op-Zoom.

March 9th-10th.—Combat under Laon: depôt of Allied army. Napoleon fails to capture it.

March 12th.—Duc d'Angoulême arrives at Bordeaux. This town is the first to declare for the Bourbons, and to welcome him as Louis XVIII.

March 13th.—Ferdinand VII. set at liberty.

March 14th.—Napoleon retakes Rheims from the Russians.

March 19th.—Rupture of Treaty of Châtillon.

March 20th.—Battle of Tarbes. Wellington defeats French.

March 20th-21st.—Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. Indecisive.