Franche-Comté Juillet 1815 Protestant Lebel and Berthier rifles

Lebel and Berthier rifles

sur toutes ses frontières

À la suite de ce coup de bluff

Chiclana-Barrosa - 5 mars 1811

Franche-Comté Juillet 1815 Protestant Lebel and Berthier riflesAt the beginning of July 1815, a few days after his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated and embarked for his last exile on the island of Saint Helena. At the same time, a million foreign soldiers, from around thirty European nations and states, descended on France and occupied almost the entire territory. Taking advantage of this general cure, Switzerland joined this last anti Napoleonic coalition and invaded Franche Comt, leading a brief and easy