Austria tips the balance against Napoleon
1813 · Event
After Metternich's last interview with his son-in-law's conqueror ends in a thrown hat and a famous taunt — 'you are lost, Sire' — Austria declares war and joins Russia, Prussia, Britain and Sweden. For the first time, all the great powers of Europe are in the field against France at once. Leipzig is nine weeks away.
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