Reduction of the French fortresses in 1815

Reduction of the French fortresses in 1815
Part of The Waterloo Campaign
Rocroi seen from the air shows its defensive structure.
Location France Result Capitulation of all the French fortresses held by governors sympathetic to the Bonapartist regime
Belligerents
France	Seventh Coalition

After the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and the advance on Paris by the Coalition armies during the months of June and July 1815, although they besieged and took some towns and fortresses as they advanced, they bypassed many of them and detached forces to observe and reduce them. The last of the French fortresses did not capitulate until September of that year.