March, 1815, Michel Ney, ". . . I'll bring Napoléon back to Paris in an iron cage" if necessary.Napoléon declared, “I shall receive you as I did after the Battle of the Moskowa.”Ney then recanted, ". . . the cause of the Bourbons is lost forever! The legitimate dynasty . . . [i]s the Emperor Napoléon, our sovereign, who alone has the right to rule over our beautiful country!”The troops exploded, “Vive l’Empereur!