Sibuyela kwi iintsomi zembali ukuthatha okutsha kwiNapoleon kunye neentsuku zakhe zokugqibela ze ukuzabalazela amandla. Umlawuli osele esidla umhlala-phantsi, engahoywanga kwaye elityelwe kwisiqithi esincinci, ekhutshwe kwihlabathi elicetywe ngaye. Kodwa elona gcisa livunyiweyo elalikwazi ukulawula ngethuku lemfazwe nayiphi na inkalo yobomi bezentlalo nezopolitiko yento eyaba bubukhosi bakhe, akazange akulungele ukurhoxa elubhacweni olutofotofo olujongene neMeditera.
Ububi buhlala bubuya. Ukususela kwizinyo elibuhlungu ukuya kumhloli werhafu. UNapoleon wayengazukuba ngaphantsi kwaye walinda ixesha lakhe
Kodwa uNapoleon wabuya. Kwakungekho nto yayinjengangaphambili kodwa wayesazi ukuba wayeyigcina intsomi yakhe nokomelela komfanekiso wakhe owawunxulunyaniswa nozuko lwakudala. Kwabanye, ukumkani wabeka endaweni yakhe, uLouis XVIII wamvulela indlela.
Kungenxa yokuba ukumkani onjengaye, njengoko abanye babenqwena njengokwenziwa ngabanye, wema njengotshaba olulula lwelizwe lakowabo elikhululekileyo awathi uNapoleon waqalisa ukulithethelela, ngokungathi wayeyintshatsheli yedemokhrasi ngemihla yakhe njengomlawuli ongendawo.
Iintsuku ezimbalwa ezixhuzulayo ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo eziye zaqhuma kwiintsuku ezilikhulu ezidumileyo zajika zaba lithuba lesibini leBonaparte.
Ingxaki yayikukuba ngezo ntsuku zilikhulu, ezaziza kufuna amandla ngakumbi kunakuqala kumlawuli onjengoNapoleon, bakhomba ekunxityeni nakwinkokheli endala, umatshi oyisayo owayesele eziva izilonda zesisu njengesona sithintelo sakhe ukulwa nayo yonke imikhosi yakhe ngamandla awathi ekugqibeleni akakwazi ukuwenza ngokupheleleyo umzimba.
Kwaye ke weza eWaterloo, mhlawumbi engalungiselelanga kangako kunangaphambili edabini. Kodwa ngokuvumayo, ewe, ukuqhubeka nokukhulula igazi lamajoni awathi, ngenxa okanye ngokuchasene, aya kusasaza iingcamango zawo ebaleni kwaye ngexesha umlawuli ngokwakhe alungiselele uloyiso oluqinisekileyo.
Kodwa hayi, kwakungenjalo. IWaterloo yayiyeyona meko imbi kakhulu, oyena mntu woyisileyo, ekubuyeni kwakhe eParis, wamgweba ngokungagungqiyo kwisiqithi esinjenge-Saint Helena apho, ngeli xesha, iintshaba zakhe zazama nzima kakhulu ukumthintela ekwenzeni uhambo olutsha.
Ingxelo enomdla yaloo mihla engaqhelekanga phakathi kwabathinjwa, ukubonakala komlawuli omkhulu kunye nencasa yokoyiswa.
Ngoku ungathenga incwadi ethi UMlawuli ongabonakaliyo, inoveli kaMark Braude, apha: