The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-21
BLUFFED And Won
A Dramatic incident of the Fate
full Hundred Days.
ONE OF NaP0LE0N's C0UPs.
Tho Way OF the Great Military Genius
Ove.came tho First Opposition Ha
Encountered on tho March to Paris
After His Return From EIba.

j striking incident in the career or
Napoleon Is described By Camille Co
cuaud In his hcok. .Le E;stour dc rlsle
d'Elbc" c.The Return From the Island
OF Elba"). 1t describes how be met the
first opposition offered 70 his march to
Paris after his escape from Elba:
Meanwhile Napoleon had Travelled
By the Alps to DaIphine. advancing
into the interior Of the country Eav-
tas received information on Sunday.
the 4th Of March. the prefect OF
lTsere had Immediately. In concert
with the military authority, taken
measures to deal with the startling sit
ration- a detachment composed OF
battalion Of the Fifth regiment o; the
line and two companies OF engineers
was dispatched to prevent the further
advance OF the emperor.
~The meeting between this detach.
ment and the little troop from the Isle
oc EIba took place on the ith OF
March near Willie. but not before the
peasants had had tine to hasten to in
form Napoleon Of the antasonistic dis
position Of the officers commanding
the troops which had been sent from
GrenobIe. In order to aTotd the she'd
ding OF blood the emperor ordered
Cambronre. who was accompanied By
q small escort, TO enter Into treaty
with the cocardes blanches (white
cockades). Camb-oane found the de-
tachnent ranged IN order OF battle.
The commanding officer refused to en-
ter into Communication. and the sol
diers remained silent and gloomy.
Napoleon Immediately took bis
share in the proceedings he gave the
order to bis srenadiers to put their
rifles under ,hei- arms, in order to
give proof Of their pacific dispositions
Then be advanced alone. while some
Of his friends cried TO the soldiers Of
the b3e:
.E&ends. DO lot Ere. There IS the
.c3oeBr, who wishes to speak to you
~ poIeor now found himself about
thirty meters from the Grenoble de-
tachment De diSmounted and. his
arms crossed on his breast. remained
standing in the middle Of the road
soldiers oc the Fifth he said in
loud oae-.so!diers Of the Fifth, do
you recognize me?
.Tes. yesr they all replied
Then Sapoisoo. throwing open his
gray cloak with a dramatic gesture
and pointing to his breast with bis
bands replied:
"TZf there Is one among you who
wishes to Kill his general. his emperor.
be can do It Here ! anr
1.-The response was unanimous, sub
lime: Long I've the emperor: Long
1--we the emperor"
Breaking the ranks. their shakos at
the ends Of the swords or on the bayo-
nets. the soldiers Of the Fifth. to whom
were tosced the engineers, ran toward
Napoleon. surrounded him. embraced
him, kissed his hands. called him their
presecyec. their father. their general
their emperor Finally the two de-
eachments mingled together and be-
came consolidated Napoleon then bad
1000 men with whom to march on to
Grenoble
They took the road. and It was
ttonphal march The people OF the
district came to meet the column, ac-
claiming Napoleon as the Gberatc1 Of
the nation and as the living tncarna-
ton Of the revolution.
The peasants wept with Joy At
this sight the emperor. turning toward
his officers, Droudt and Bertrand. said
to them
Everything IS now n good order.
Within ten days We shall he at the
Tuileries-"