| Show plan national napoleon museum parts paris rare new relics of napo leons leona life on the island of alx ali where he be passed the last days of his bis life in france before going into exile at st helena have bare come into the possession of the french government it has been announced the house where napoleon lived at alx ali will be come a national museum the familiar painting of napoleon aboard the british warship bellero ellero li phon shows the file defeated and ened cried man who a few days before was still emperor gazing back upon the island of alx aix and the fast receding coastline of the mainland of france fleeing from paris after the disaster at waterloo in 1815 the fugitive ex emperor sought to escape his pursuers by flight bight from france fast tage stage coaches rushed him south to the atlantic coast but the path to freedom was barred at every port british men 0 war lay off the coast waiting to trap the little corsican who had become a hunted outlaw it was june 22 when napoleon renounced n 0 his empire in parts paris A few days later he reached rochfort and crossed to nearby als aix seeking sli shelter elter in a friends home july 8 1815 before landing at alx aix napoleon had been harbored aboard the french frigate saale and among the relics in the museum to be opened at alx aix Is a diary of his life and reflections while hiding aboard the mano war on a day in the middle of july napoleon left the house at alx aix for the last time surrendering himself to cap tain maitland Malt land of the with the ex emperor on the voyage into exile went his old aide de camp bar on gaspard gourgard who shared the solitude of napoleons life on the barren rock in the south atlantic the great grandson of the alde de camp the present baron lias has been responsible for buying the mansion at alx aix and presenting it to the nation with the house bouse he has given to the state many books and other souvenirs of napoleon which the baron has collected |
