Napoleon Retreats - Campaign in France II Winter 1814: Hope Against Hope After dispatching Bl cher s Army of Silesia at Vauchamps, Napoleon diverted temporarily toward the Seine at Montereau, for an inconclusive brush with Schwarzenberg s Army of Bohemia. Marmont commanded a separate force of 10,000 which had managed to fight their way to Athies by 5 PM, camping for the night.