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st of the brave," fought under the emperor in several subsequent battles. When Napoleon abdicated and was exiled to Elba, Ney supported the government of his successor and enemy, Louis XVIII. On the escape of Napoleon from Elba, in the spring of 1815, Ney was sent with an army against him, but instead of fighting for Louis XVIII., he took service under his old commander. At Waterloo he led the Old Guard, those men who could die but never surrender. After the final fall of Napoleon, Marshal Ney was tried and sentenced to be shot for treason to the government of Louis XVIII., whose cause he had deserted. Wellington tried to save his life, but in vain. If courage can expiate faults, then his are buried in his grave. [181] On Napoleon's arrival in Paris he began at once to raise a fresh army. It has been said that it was "an army of boys," for France had lost most of her fighting men on the battle-field, or in Russia. In 1813 he was defeated at Leipsic, and obliged to retreat across the Rhine. The next year he abdicated and retired to Elba. In the spring of 1815 he escaped from Elba, and raising an army fought and lost the battle of Waterloo. After his second abdication he was sent an exile to St. Helena, where he died about six years later (1821). His remains were brought to Paris in 1840, and interred under the dome of the Hotel des Invalides, or Soldiers' Hospital. Above his tomb one reads these words: "I desire that my ashes shall repose on the banks of the Seine, among the French people, whom I have so greatly loved." INDEX TO NOTES. WITH PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES.[182] A-chae'ans, 37. A-ch[=a]'i-a. Ad-ra-m[)y]t'ti-um. [=AE]-n[=e]'as. [=AE]-ni-[=a]'n[=e]s. [=A]-g[=a]'si-as. [=A]-g[)e]s-i-l[=a]'us. [=A]'gi-[)a]s. Aid-de-camp, 217. Ajaccio (A-yat'ch[=o]). Alexander the Great, 149. [)A]l-ki-bi'a-d[=e]s. Altar, 75. Amnesty, 13. Am-ph[=i]p'o-lis. A-nab'a-sis, 150. [)A]n-ax-[=i]b'i-[)u]s. An-tal'ki-d[)a]s. An-t[)a]n'dr[)u]s. An-t[)i]l'e-[)o]n. [)A]p-ol-l[)o]n'i-d[=e]s. Arcadian, 27. [=A]-ri-ae'us. [)A]r-is-tar'chus. A-r[)i]s'te-[)a]s. A-ris'ton. [)A]r-is-t[)o]n'y-m[)u]s. Ar'me-n[=e]. Ar'mis-t[)i]ce, 211. Array, 7. Ar'te-m[)i]s. Ar-te-m[)i]s-[)i]'[)o]n, 146. Ar-tax-erx'[=e]s. A-si'da-t[=e]s. A-tar'ne[=u]s. Athenian catastrophe, 38. Augereau ([=O]zh-r[=o]'). Augury, 57. Banished, 145. Barbarians,
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