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Lifting of the Siege of Metz

Name: Lifting of the Siege of Metz
Start: 1814-04-10
Location: Metz

When: 10 April 1814
Where: Metz
Part of: Treaty of Fontainebleau, Napoleon's abdication and the Bourbon Restoration in France

The Allied blockade of Metz was lifted on 10 April 1814, without the city being taken by Coalition forces.

The siege began on 17 January 1814. Allied forces invested the city but failed to capture it. The blockade was lifted on 10 April 1814, marking the end of the siege during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

Sources

Siege of Metz (1814) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22

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