CHAPTER IV.
THE BATTLE OF RHEIMS.
It was not the first time that the King had had to undergo misfortunes; and now, as then, he met them like a man.

The Prince of Joinville was not successful in his campaign against the Imperial Pretender: and that bravery which had put the British fleet to flight, was found, as might be expected, insufficient against the irresistible courage of native Frenchmen.

The Horse Marines, not being on their own element, could not act with their usual effect.

Accustomed to the tumult of the swelling seas, they were easily unsaddled on terra firma and in the Champagne country.
It was literally in the Champagne country that the meeting between the troops under Joinville and Prince Napoleon took place! for both armies had reached Rheims, and a terrific battle was fought underneath the walls.

For some time nothing could dislodge the army of Joinville, entrenched in the champagne cellars of Messrs.