Show A ORA it W the blenna of biar hal ncy to death A saber of honor brought marshal key to dishonor and death when napoleon entered cairo on july 1793 he was presented three swords or honor richly inlaid with precious stones lie brought them back to europe and in 1802 he gave one to ney and another to murat keeping the third for himself ney received his at an imperial the sword passed from one to another of those present among whom waa a young subaltern of the auvergne regiment when napoleon escaped from elbe ney left the king and took sides with his former chief after the allies entered paris ney made to get out of the country but his wife and a friend persuaded bun that there was really no danger and he decided to remain in france then came the order for his arrest he fled to a castle in the possession of some friends and succeeded in reaching it without bis presence being known one day feeling tir edhe threw himself on a couch first taking off his oriental sword which he always wore out of affection for the emperor hearing voices he sprang up and hurriedly left the room forgetting his sword A later a party of women and men entered the room one of them being the young subaltern of the auvergne regiment now a colonel he at once recognized the sword and calling in some gendarmes gen darmes proceeded to bearch the premises finding that he was discovered ney gave himself up quietly on dec 7 1815 the marshal whose sobriquet was abo bravest of the brave the hero of a hundred battles was shot scarcely two months after the owner of the second sword murat had met his fate in the same way |