At right, Swiss troops in Bourbon service deal with soldiers considered too loyal to the Emperor. 180 YEARS AGO: July-August 1815: The Grande Armee final move: On July 4, 1815, after the Waterloo defeat, the Grande Armee is ordered to retire "behind the Loire". It was to march in two columns the next day... July 14, 1815: On July 14, at the Chateau de la Source near Orleans, Marshal Davout, surrounded by his generals, tried to convince them that only the King could prevent the devastation of France. Reluctantly most of them pledged allegiance on July 15. On that very same day at the island of Aix, the defeated Emperor, wearing the uniform of the Chasseurs a Cheval with his little hat, boarded the Bellerophon to go to England. He ended at St. Helena. August 3, 1815: On August 3, Louis the XVIIIth decreed the dissolution of the Guard, and Marshal Macdonald issued the orders for its execution. This was the end of the Guard. August 3, 1815: Marshal Ney, after his return to Paris hoping to be allowed to retire, was arrested. He was to be tried before a Court of Peers on December 4. Found guilty on the 6th, the "brave of the brave" was shot the next day, being allowed to give the signal for the firing squad to shoot. 190 YEARS AGO: July 1805: Austria join the Third Coalition (formed on April 11, 1805) with England, Russia and Sweden with some German Princes. August 1805: Napoleon drops the idea of invasion of England. August 31, the Grande Armee marches eastward to face the Allies. 200 YEARS AGO: August 1795: General Bonaparte is attached to the topographical Bureau of Public Safety... It looked like a dead end! Back to Empire, Eagles, & Lions Table of Contents Vol. 2 No. 13 Back to EEL List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by Emperor's Headquarters This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com