Who, in such circumstances, could oppose
the breach of discipline? Sometimes a de-
termined inhabitant successfully disputed with
one or two of these scoundrels, the wreck of his
door, or drove them away. Thpse who aban-
doned their houses were in a worse condition.
Reckoning from the 29th of April following,
Buonaparte made all his marches on horseback,
and did not enter his carriage until the conclu-
sion of the armistice. When he made use of a
carriage, it was commonly a sign of very imusual
leisure or of vexation. He is reported to have
siaid at the beginning of the operations, " I will
perform this campaign like General Buonaparte,
and not as Emperor.'^ — As soon as Napoleon was
on horseback, he had some military object in view.
