excited character took place between M. Fournier for the royal guards and
M. Boucarut, who was chosen spokesman by the villagers. From words they
came to deeds: the miquelets tried to force their way through, some shots
were fired, and two miquelets, Calvet and Fournier, fell. The others
scattered, followed by a lively discharge, and two more miquelets were
slightly wounded. Thereupon they all took to flight through the fields
on either side of the road, pursued for a short distance by the
villagers, but soon returned to examine the two wounded men, and a report
was drawn up by Antoine Robin, advocate and magistrate of the canton of
Uzes, of the events just related.

This accident was almost the only one of its kind which happened during
the Hundred Days: the two parties remained face to face, threatening but
self-controlled. But let there be no mistake: there was no peace; they
were simply awaiting a declaration of war. When the calm was broken, it
was from Marseilles that the provocation came. We shall efface ourselves
for a time and let an eye-witness speak, who being a Catholic cannot be
suspected of partiality for the Protestants.

"I was living in Marseilles at the time of Napoleon's landing, and I was
a witness of the impression which the news produced upon everyone. There
was one great cry; the enthusiasm was universal; the National Guard
wanted to join him to the last man, but Marshal Massena did not give his
consent until it was too late, for Napoleon had already reached the
mountains, and was moving with such swiftness that it would have been
impossible to overtake him. Next we heard of his triumphal entry into
Lyons, and of his arrival in Paris during the night. Marseilles
submitted like the rest of France; Prince d'Essling was recalled to the
capital, and Marshal Brune, who commanded the 6th corps of observation,
fixed his headquarters at Marseilles.