. Battles of the nineteenth century . THE great Imperial Eagle of France hadbeen caught and caged at Elba, andafter close on twentj-five years ofstorm and tumult, Europe was at peace. The armies which had driven the Eagle out ofFrance had marched home again, robbing theEagles nest of many ill-gotten trophies andleaving in his place a horde of vultiires whoclaimed the nest as theirs. As is the manner of vultures, there was muchgorging : Louis XVIII., the man who hadlearned nothing, ^iwA. forgotten nothing. broughtback in his train a host of hungry folk, princesof the blood royal, dukes, and nob
. Battles of the nineteenth century . THE great Imperial Eagle of France hadbeen caught and caged at Elba, andafter close on twentj-five years ofstorm and tumult, Europe was at peace. The armies which had driven the Eagle out ofFrance had marched home again, robbing theEagles nest of many ill-gotten trophies andleaving in his place a horde of vultiires whoclaimed the nest as theirs. As is the manner of vultures, there was muchgorging : Louis XVIII., the man who hadlearned nothing, ^iwA. forgotten nothing. broughtback in his train a host of hungry folk, princesof the blood royal, dukes, and noble dames ;and France soon foimd that it would be madeto suffer for its Revolution and its Republic, andthat the victories of its Emperor were like tocost it dear. Royalists filled the high places inChurch and State. Shameless rapacity andmean reprisals were seen on every side ; andin the army the most scandalous injustices wereunblushingl} practised. People began to look with regret towards theMediterranean isle where the Eagle plume
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