 Complete the following phrase:  The Grand Empire is no more. It is France herself we must now defend were Napoleons words to the Senate at the end of 1813. The emperor managed to raise new armies, but strategically he was in a virtually hopeless position. Allied armies were invading from the Pyrenees, across the plains of Northern Italy, and via Frances eastern borders as well. The campaign began ominously when Napoleon suffered a defeat at the 