Caleb James DeLisle on Nostr: How the French journos described Napoleon as he came closer and closer to Paris: * ...

How the French journos described Napoleon as he came closer and closer to Paris:

* The CANNIBAL has come out of his lair
* The CORSICAN OGRE has landed at Golfe Juan
* The TIGER has arrived at Gap
* The MONSTER has spent the night at Grenoble
* The TYRANT has crossed Lyon
* The USURPTER was seen 60 leagues from the capital* Bonaparte is advancing with great strides, but will never enter Paris
* NAPOLEON will be below our ramparts tomorrow
* The EMPEROR has arrived at Fontainebleau
* HIS IMPERIAL AND ROYAL MAJESTY has made His entry in the Tuileries yesterday, amid His faithful subjects