cover of figueur s memoirs
when napoleon abdicated in 1814, marie-thérèse released , returned france. there seems little documentation period, but, according memoirs, reported general charles lefebvre-desnouettes, found place in prestigious regiment of chasseurs à cheval, formerly napoleon s personal escort; during brief return power in hundred days, regiment returned former duties, , mademoiselle sans-gêne had final face-to-face meeting him; did not join regiment when marched war, , defeat @ waterloo prevented receiving imperial bounty of 1500 francs. unable secure assignment in combat unit during final skirmishes around paris, served instead cantinière , stretcher-bearer, in proved final battle.
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