Excerpt from Life of Napoleon, Vol. 4 of 4 Louis XVIII. - Difi'erent Forms of government-defects of the Charter of Louis XVIII. - Errors in its Administration - Napoleon's Reasons for returning to France - His Departure from Elba - His Reception in France and March on Lyons - The Bourbons prepare for Defense Decrees Of Lyons - Ney declares for the Emperor - Napoleon resumes his Authority as Emperor - Composition of his Ministry - His Position towards Europe - General Coalition against him - Declaration Of the Congress Of Vienna - Operations of the Duke d'angoul'me in the South of France - Troubles in La Vende'e - Ad'airs Of N aples - Preparations to repel Aggression upon France - Motives Of Napoleon's defensive Atti tude - He refuses to adopt revolutionary Measures - The Champ de Mai -opening of the Chambers - Their Addresses - Dogmatic Controversies of the Deputies - Napoleon's Reply - Military Preparations of Napoleon - Preparations Of the Allies - Napoleon's general Plan of Campaign He joins his Army - Plan Of Operations - Opening Of the Campaign Passage of the Sambre, June 15th - Measures Of the Allies - Decisive Movement prescribed to N ey - He delays its Execution - His Delay in marching on quatre-bras - Reconnoissance Of the Position of the Prus sians - Dispositions for forcing their Position - Battle of Ligny - Ney repulsed at quatre-bras - Position Of Affairs on the Morning of the Sev enteenth - Grouchy sent in Pursuit Of the Prussians - The Reserves and Left Wing march against the English - Commencement Of the Battle of Waterloo - First Appearance of the Prussians - Napoleon hastens the Attack on the English - Ney's first Attack on the Centre - Attack Of the Left on Hougomont - Ney's second Attack - Bulow debouches on Planchenois - General Charge Of the French Cavalry - Arrival of Blucher and Bulow - Wellington's Dispositions - Defeat Of the French Right Last Efforts and Rout of the French Army - Operations Of Grouchy Manoeuvres of the Allies - The French retreat on Avesnes - Napoleon's Return to Paris - Military Resources Of France - Conspiracies Of Napo leon's Adversaries - Dispositions Of the Populace - Napoleon's second Abdication - He retires from France - He is exiled to St. Helena - His34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.