Vive L\'Empereur Cheering Imperial Guard 1/30 Figures William Britain (36214) For Sale
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After Napoleon escaped his island prison of Elba 26 February 1815 he marched on Paris to resume this throne. When royalist troops were deployed to stop Napoleon\'s advance he strode out in front of them threw open his coat and declared If any of you will shoot his Emperor here I am. The men cheered and joined the cause. Marshal Ney now one of Louis XVIII\'s commanders had said that Napoleon ought to be brought to Paris in an iron cage but on 14 March Ney joined Bonaparte with 6000 men. On his march Napoleon promised constitutional reform and direct elections to an assembly - the gathered crowds roared their approval. Louis XVIII fled the capital and Napoleon entered Paris.
