The Imperial Guard of Napoleon: From Marengo to Waterloo
The Imperial Guard of Napoleon: From Marengo to Waterloo
Joel Tyler Headley
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In March, 1811, the regiment of the Young Hol- landers, formed by Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, at the abdication of the latter, were called, as before stated, into France, and incorporated into the Young Guard. At first it was composed of only two batta- lions, but afterwards was increased to nine, and gave an addition to the Guard of nine thousand men. The birth of a son to l^apoleon, filled the nation with joy, and removed from the statesman of France a load of anxiety. The French empire... and l^apoleon were one. He had made it, and he alone could pre- serve its integrity. No other statesman nor leader in the armyj even if elevated to his place, could sway 110 THE OLD OTTABD. his sceptre. Were he dead, France must look into the gulf of another revolution, or suhmit to the dic- tation of tyrants. And yet this single man, on whose shoulders lay the interests of so vast an empire, lived on the battle-field, exposed to death on every side. Wise men trembled when they saw so mighty a structure resting on a single pedestal, and asked, what would become of France if the shot that pierced the breast of Turenne, or shattered Charles XII., should pierce him.
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