The rolling in of the army, numbering tens of thousands, would be a decisive factor at dusk, when both sides were already exhausted.,When Napoleon first abdicated in 1814, at the "invitation" of Emperor Francis of Austria, the French empress, his daughter Louise, arrived at this Austrian palace with her son on May 21st. From then on, she became a crowned hostage.,The lingering pain of a high fever told him this wasn't a dream.。