The National Register.
London, England, 1815-04-02 00:00:00

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hair not deceiSed myself. They afford -me a sine pl. mtg.. 4mf the
sentiments of my soldiers. Those of them whom I meet will ranges,
themselves on my side,—the more numerous they are, the more
_certain my success. Remain tranquil at your homes!"
There were printed at Gap some thousands of proclamations ad•
dressed by the Emperor to the army and the people, and by the
r,soldiers of the Berard to their comrades. These proclamations spread
with the rapidity of lightning through all Dauphine.
The same day the Emperor came to sleep at Corp. The forty
mei' of the advanced guard of Gellert', Cambonue proceeded a. fat
as Mitre to pass the night. They met the advanced guard ore divi •
sion of 60.03 troops of the line coming from Grenoble to stop
their march. General , Crambonne. wished to parley with the ad-
vanccd posts. He was answered, all communication was forbidden.
However this advanced gnard of the division of Grenohle tek
back three leagues, and took up a position among the lakes at the
village of
Tie Emperor infoimed of the circumstance repaired to thi;
spot ; he found on the opposite line a battalion of the sth of the
line, a company of sappers, a company of miners, in all between.
7 and /11),) men. lie sent his orderly officer, the chief of the smt-
! thou Rout, to communicate to these troops the news of his arrival ,
but that officer could not obtain a bearing ; be was always answered
with the prohibition of all communication. The Emperoralighted, and
went straight up to the battalion, followed by his guard shouldering
their arms. He got himself recognised, and said, that the first soldier
who chose to kill his Emperor, might do an ; an unanimous ..hoot
of Fire l'Empercur was their answer. This brave regiment had
been under the Emperor's orders froiwhis first campaigns ism Italy.
The guard and soldiers embraced. The soldiers of the 5111 Mime.
diatcly tore off their cockade, and took with tears in flick eyes the
ricolutired cockade. When drawn op in line, the Emperor said to
them, " I came with a handful of brave men, because 1 merlon
npun the people and upon you ; the throne of the- Bourbons is ineoi.
mate, because it. has not been raised by the nation; it is contrary to
the National will, because it is contrary to the interests of
our country, and exists only in the interests of a few families.
Ask your fathers, ask all those inhabitants who arrive here froin
the vicinity ; you will learn from their months, the true state of
affairs : they arc threatened with the return of tithes, of privileges,
of fendal rights, and of all the abuses from which your successes
delivered them : is not this true, peasants?" " Yes, Sire," they
unanimously reply; " they wished to tie us to the soil ; you ate
come like the angel of the Lord, to deliver us."
The brave men of the battalliou of the sth demanded to march
first upon the division which covered Grenoble. The march Was
hegttn amidst a crowd of inhabitants. which increased evetymoment.
Vizille distinguished itself by its enthusiasm. "It was here," said
these brave people, " that the revolution arose; it is here again that
French liberty•is resuscitated, and that France recovers its hollow
and independance.
• • Fatigued as the Emperor was, he wished to enter Grenoble tha
same evening. Between Vieille and Grenoble, the young Adjutant.
Major of the 7th regiment of the line came to announce that the
Colonel Labedoyere, profoundly afflicted by the dishonour which
overspread France, and determined by the most noble sentiument,
had separated liirusell from the garrison of Grenoble, and was coming
with his regiment in quick march to meet the Emperor. Half an
hour afterwards this brave regiment came and doubled the force of
the Imperial troops; at nine o'clock in the evening, time Emperor
made his entry into the Faubourg de—r--
The troops had been made to re enter Grenoble, and the gates
of the city were shut The ramparts which defend it were covered
by time 3d regiment of engineers, composed by to3oo sappers, alt
°fold soldiers covered with honourable wounds ; by the 4th rep-
meut of artillery of the line, the same regiment in which live amid
twenty years ago. the Emperor had been Captain ; by two other
battalions of the sth of the line ; by the Ittli of the line ; and by
the faithful hussars of the 4th.

The National Ginerd and the entire population of Grenoble was
placed behind the garrison, and all made the air resound with cries
of like CEmperetor. They burst open the gates, and at 10 o'clock
in the evening, the Emperor entered Grenobleo'clock in the middle of
an army and of a people animated, with the most livtlyenthusiasin.
The next slay, the Emperor was haratigoed by the municipality, anti
by all the authorities of the department. The di,eourse of the
military chiefs and of the Magistrates was unanimous. All said-that
Princes imposed by a foreign power were not legitimate Princes,
and that they were not bound to any engagement with Princes
whom the nation did not want,

At 2 o'cl•iek" the Emperoi reviewed these troops in • the midst of
tttc populAtiou of the whole drpartment, to tlic crit:, of croft; x.tts