Doctor Who PDA74 - World Game (2nd) by Terrance Dicks

Author:Terrance Dicks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-07-13T02:39:24+00:00

Napoleon Bonaparte

Once he knew that the Battle of Waterloo was lost, Napoleon abandoned the field. A brigade of the Old Guard sacrificed themselves to cover his escape.

He returned to Paris and began telling everyone who would listen that the defeat was not his fault. He had been betrayed by his allies, let down by the incompetence of his marshals. The Chamber of Deputies and Senate were unimpressed and demanded his abdication. On 21st June 1815, Napoleon abdicated for the second time.

He lingered for a while at Malmaison, his country house.

From there he sent a plan to the Provisional Government. If they would give him command of the Army, he would guarantee to defeat the approaching Allied and Prussian forces and save Paris. The offer was turned down.

Napoleon stayed at Malmaison until he heard that a troop of Prussian soldiers was approaching with the firm intention of seizing and shooting him. He decided his future lay in America and set off for the port of Rochefort. But the British Navy was ahead of him, and he decided the best course was to surrender. On 15th July he surrendered to Captain Maitland of HMS Bellepheron, ironically a captured French battleship. (English sailors called her the Billy Ruffian.) Napoleon was transferred to HMS Northumberland and taken to the prison island of St Helena, a volcanic island 28

miles wide, in the South Atlantic. He was allowed a small court and staff who spent most of the time squabbling and later wrote their memoirs. He remained on St Helena, closely guarded until his death from stomach cancer in 1821, six years later. There were rumours that the British had poisoned him. Arsenic in the wallpaper has also been blamed.

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