Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ISERE (38) NAPOLEON ROAD ON WINTER. LAFFREY WAS THE PLACE, ON MARCH 7TH 1815, OF A NAPOLEON MEETING, RETURNING FROM ELBA ISLAND, AND THE ROYALIST ARMY. THE SITE KNOWN AS THE PRAIRIE FOLLOWING THE MEETING. NAPOLEON EQUESTRIAN STATUE OVERLOOKING THE LAKE, COMMEMORATES THIS EVENT Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ISERE (38) NAPOLEON ROAD ON WINTER. LAFFREY WAS THE PLACE, ON MARCH 7TH 1815, OF A NAPOLEON MEETING, RETURNING FROM ELBA ISLAND, AND THE ROYALIST ARMY. THE SITE KNOWN AS THE PRAIRIE FOLLOWING THE MEETING. NAPOLEON EQUESTRIAN STATUE OVERLOOKING THE LAKE, COMMEMORATES THIS EVENT Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ISERE (38) NAPOLEON ROAD. LAFFREY WAS THE PLACE, ON MARCH 7TH 1815, OF A NAPOLEON MEETING, RETURNING FROM ELBA ISLAND, AND THE ROYALIST ARMY. THE SITE KNOWN AS THE PRAIRIE FOLLOWING THE MEETING. NAPOLEON EQUESTRIAN STATUE OVERLOOKING THE LAKE, COMMEMORATES THIS EVENT Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ISERE (38) NAPOLEON ROAD. LAFFREY WAS THE PLACE, ON MARCH 7TH 1815, OF A NAPOLEON MEETING, RETURNING FROM ELBA ISLAND, AND THE ROYALIST ARMY. THE SITE KNOWN AS THE PRAIRIE FOLLOWING THE MEETING. NAPOLEON EQUESTRIAN STATUE OVERLOOKING THE LAKE, COMMEMORATES THIS EVENT Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ISERE (38) NAPOLEON ROAD, VILLAGE OF LAFFREY. IT WAS IN LAFFREY THAT TOOK PLACE, ON MARCH 7, 1815, THE MEETING OF NAPOLEON, RETURNING FROM THE ISLAND OF ELBA AND THE ROYALIST ARMY. THIS SITE WAS LATER NAMED PRAIRIE DE LA RENCONTRE, AND A STATUE OF NAPOLEON, ON HORSEBACK, OVERLOOKING THE LAKE, COMMEMORATES THIS EVENT. WHEN THE TWO ARMIES MET, NAPOLEON DISMOUNTED FROM HIS HORSE, ADVANCED, CHEST OUT, AND SAID TO THEM: SOLDIERS! I AM YOUR EMPEROR. DON'T YOU RECOGNIZE ME? IF THERE IS ONE AMONG YOU WHO WANTS TO KILL HIS GENERAL, HERE I AM! A HUGE CRY RANG OUT "LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!" Photo by Jean-Pierre Dorsain/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM