Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-26

low, he felt that the time to strike the
blow had arrived.
| A courier was sent to Murat, KING
of Naples, where he reigned as Joachim
I. to inform him of the emperors pro-
posed return to France, and that ne
renounced all pretensions to Italy. He
also advised that an envoy be sent to
Vienna to inform the court that France
would abide by the treaty Of Paris.
Begins One Hundred Days.
Murat Immediately decided to revo-
lutioniZe Italy and snatch the iron
crown for himself At any rate 1t
seemed to Napoleon that Murat was
likely to keep off interference until
the summer when the emperor believ-
ed he would be in position to shatter
the Allies and once more secure pos
session of the Tuilleries.
On Sunday, February 26, with
mere handful of soldiers from his Isle
Napoleon boarded a brig, the lncon-
stant, and set sail for the French
coast.
He had altogether in his little band
which were put on board six small
vessels, between 1000 and 1900 men,
and with these he proposed to regain
France and reconquer Europe.
Daring and audacious US his plan
was. Napoleon had safely counted
upon the support he would receive
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sight of him, and in this he was not
disappointed.
| The squadron of invasion made the
voyage under the guns Of the guard
ships, and reached Cannes on the coast
of France, on March l.
Then began that whirlwind Of the
Hundred Days that ended in disaster
on the field of Waterloo.
Napoleon Re-enters Paris.
The invaders bivouacked for the
night on the beach. They began the
march to Grenoble at midnight by the
| light of the moon, and along the mud
dy, snowy roads. Five days later they
met q battalion. Napoleon called to
them that he that had the heart could
kill his emperor, but the men threw
their arms, and shouted "Vive rEm-
pereur!" When near Grenoble regi-
ment was sent against the invaders
but they drew the tricolor cockades
from a drum and placed them on their
hats where they had worn the Bour-
II
joined And, with enthusiastic SOL
diery deserting the Bourbon flag, and
with proclamations from the emperor,
the progress towards Paris became a
triumphal procession.
Louis, who had no stomach for this
kind of thing, left the Tuilleries has
| tily. The old semaphore telegraph had
already informed him Of the return
from Elba, and then, on March 20,
three weeks after he had landed on the
French coast with his handful Of SOL
diers, Napoleon entered Paris with the
army of France behind him.
There was good reason for him to
declare, when, at st. Helena, OMeara
asked him what was the happiest pc
riod Of his life as emperor, that it was
| those same three weeks when he was
marching from Cannes to Paris.
In three months after landing at
Cannes. Napoleon had under his COM
mand about 100000 men, who were eff
| fcient. Had he been able to have
waited until September. he would have
| had half a million around his stand
ard. But Waterloo, with it's disaster
| was fought in June, and when Septem-
Der arrived Napoleon, the lion, had
| been Gagged, and was on board the
| British ship Northumberland on his
way to st. Helena.
The Allies were able to divide senti-
ment in France on the subject of the
emperor. He had the resources for a
continuance Of the fight, but as the
United States now has tried to make
it plain that it is using force against
the Allies assured the people Of France
that il was not against them, but
against Napoleon that they fought
part of France grew cool to the en-
perors pretensions and rather than
engage in civil war, Napoleon, who
knew he was being surrounded, decid-
ed to throw himself upon the mercies
of the English.
Il have terminated my political ca
| reer," he wrote in a letter to the prince
regent, and come, like Themistoclcs
to share the hospitality Of the British
people"
But he found the regent no Arta-
xerxes; or, at least his minister acting
| for him, was not. They did not re-
ceive him with kindness, bestow rich
cities upon him, and make him a ia
| vorite of the court, as did the success
sor of XerXes upon the fallen Themis-
tOcleS.
Sent to St. Helena.
Napoleon, after having sent a cour-
ier to the captain of the Bellerophon,
then lying in the Basque roads, to
learn what kind of treatment he might
expect to receive from the British,
went on board that ship on the morn
ing of July Is, 1915. In few days he
was transferred to the Northumber
land. and on August s, was on his way
to his last home, the Island of st. He
lena, that lonely spot in the South At
lantic, which is 600 miles from any
other land. and even now. out of the
track of ships.
| The Northumberland, with Napoleon
and his suite on board, sailed for the
Isle Of st. Helena on August s, 1915,
and seventy days later the British
warship dropped anchor in front of
jamestown, the port of the island.
The emperor had been treated with
great consideration throughout the
voyage Admiral COckburn, who was
in command of the expedition, was as
friendly with the emperor as the lat
ter would permit him To be. The Off
GERS on board were very deferential,
and the midshipmen showed the great
est interest and respect for this man
who had once made Europe tremble.
During the voyage Napoleon spent
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