Of the 678,000 soldiers only 80,000 ever returned.
The extinction of the grand army of invasion was complete.

But in the following year, with another great army, the indomitable Napoleon was conducting a campaign in Germany which ended with the final defeat at Leipzig--then the march upon Paris--and in March, 1814, Alexander at the head of the Allies was in the French capital, dictating the terms of surrender.

This young man had played the most brilliant part in the great drama of Liberation.

He was hailed as a Deliverer, and exerted a more powerful influence than any of the other sovereigns, in the long period required for rearranging Europe after the passing of Napoleon--the disturber of the peace of the world.
In 1809 Sweden had surrendered to Russia Finland, which had belonged to that country for six centuries.

The kindly-intentioned Alexander conceded to the Finns many privileges similar to those enjoyed by Poland, which until recent years have not been seriously interfered with.