. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . posal that he should jointhem; but he gave over the command of his troops to Souham, andaccompanied the commissioners. He took great pains to mn overAlexander to the maintenance of the dynasty of Napoleon; and theczar was watering, when it happened that Souham and liis co-gen-erals, from fear of Napoleons anger, evacuated their position, andled their troops across the Seine to Versailles. This defection de-prived Napoleon of his only possibility of offering armed individual abdication was
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . posal that he should jointhem; but he gave over the command of his troops to Souham, andaccompanied the commissioners. He took great pains to mn overAlexander to the maintenance of the dynasty of Napoleon; and theczar was watering, when it happened that Souham and liis co-gen-erals, from fear of Napoleons anger, evacuated their position, andled their troops across the Seine to Versailles. This defection de-prived Napoleon of his only possibility of offering armed individual abdication was pronounced insufficient. On April 6the senate had prepared a constitution, which created a monarchywith two chambers, and delivered the throne to Louis XVIH., oncondition of his acceptance of the constitution. Without dignity the death-struggle of the empire occurred atFontainel)leau. Napoleon was obliged to yield the second one felt himself released from duty to him, and hasüMied toquit the sinking ship. The emperors brothers, also, left the country. FALL OF NAPOLEON. .361. Fig. 62. — Paitiiig of Napoleou from his Guard in Fontainebleau. (Versailles, Historical Gallery.) 362 TIIK CAMPAIGN OF ISI4 IN FRANCE. Maria Loiiisa, who liad luliiscd to go with them, allowed herself tobe conducted with her son to her father. liy the Treaty of Fontainebleau, April 11, Napoleon relin-quished for himself and his family all the thrones that ho possessed,but retained for life the title of emperor and the island of Elba,as a sovereign princi{)ality, with a yearly income of 2,000,000francs, to be paid to him by 1^ranee. Of his guard he was allowedto take with him 400 volunteers. To his consort and her dirct^tdescendants were assigned the duchies of Parma, Piacenza, andGuastalla. The princes of tlu; imperial family likewise receivedappanages, and remained in possession of their private proju^ Viceroy Eugene, who had tlismissed his French soldiers, andhad given up to Austria
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