ened and died before the Allies left
France.

Maria Louisa, meanwhile, and her son, were taken under the personal
protection of the Emperor of Austria, and had begun their journey to
Vienna some time before the fallen "Child of Destiny" reached Elba.

[Footnote 66: An English _detenu_, who was then in Paris, says: "During
the battle, the Boulevard des Italiens and the Caffe Tortoni were
thronged with fashionable loungers of both sexes, sitting as usual on
the chairs placed there, and appearing almost uninterested spectators of
the number of wounded French brought in. The officers were carried on
mattresses. About two o'clock a general cry of _sauve qui peut_ was
heard on the boulevards, from the Porte St. Martin to Les Italiens; this
caused a general and confused flight, which spread like the undulations
of a wave, even beyond the Pont Neuf.... During the whole of the battle
wounded soldiers crawled into the streets, and lay down to die on the
pavement.... The _Moniteur_ of this day was a full sheet; but no notice
was taken of the war, or the army. Four columns were occupied by an
article on the dramatic works of Denis, and three with a dissertation on
the existence of Troy."--_Memorable Events in Paris in_ 1814, p. 93.]

CHAPTER XXXVII

Napoleon's Journey to Frejus--Voyage to Elba--his conduct and
occupations there--Discontents in France--Return of Prisoners of
War--Jealousy of the Army--Union of the Jacobins and
Buonapartists--Their intrigues--Napoleon escapes from Elba.

Four commissioners, one from each of the great Allied Powers, Austria,
Russia, Prussia, and England, accompanied Buonaparte on his journey. He
was attended by Bertrand, Grand Master of the Palace, and some other
attached friends and servants; and while fourteen carriages were
conveying him and his immediate suite towards Elba, 700 infantry and
about 150 cavalry of the Imperial Guard (all picked men, and all
volunteers), marched in the same direction, to take on them the military
duties of the exiled court.

During the earlier part of his progress Napoleon continued to be
received respectfully by the civil functionaries of the different towns
and departments, and with many tokens of sympathy on the part of the
people; and his personal demeanour was such as it had been wont to
appear in his better days. At Valence he met Augereau, whose conduct
during the campaign had moved his bitterest displeasure; the interview
was