From 1800 to 1900The wonderful story of the century; its progress and achievements .. . a second attempt to invade France. He did it in a rash wayalmost certain to end in failure. Followed by about fifty men, and bringingwith him a tame eagle, which was expected to perch upon his banner as theharbinger of victory, he sailed from England in August, 1840, and landedat Boulogne This desperate and foolish enterprise proved a completeA Rash ami failure. The soldiers whom the would-be usurper expected Unsuccessful to join his standard arrested him, and he was tried for treasonInvasion by the House o
From 1800 to 1900The wonderful story of the century; its progress and achievements .. . a second attempt to invade France. He did it in a rash wayalmost certain to end in failure. Followed by about fifty men, and bringingwith him a tame eagle, which was expected to perch upon his banner as theharbinger of victory, he sailed from England in August, 1840, and landedat Boulogne This desperate and foolish enterprise proved a completeA Rash ami failure. The soldiers whom the would-be usurper expected Unsuccessful to join his standard arrested him, and he was tried for treasonInvasion by the House of Peers. This time he was not dealt with so leniently as before, but was sentenced to imprisonment for life and wasconfined in the Castle of Ham. From this fortress he escaped in disguisein May, 1846, and made his way to England. The revolution of 1848 gave the restless and ambitious adventurer amore promising opportunity. He returned to France, was elected to theNational Assembly, and on the adoption of the republican constitution178 r 3 B J > H ? r o?n O I> P B y C_ p o a.
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