This address was unanimously adopted and signed by all present, and amongst the signatures were those of the principal Protestants of Nimes.

But this was not all: the next day it was printed and published, and copies sent to all the communes in the department over which the white flag still floated.

And all this happened, as we have said, on April and, eleven days after Napoleon's return to Paris.
The same day word arrived that the Imperial Government had been proclaimed at Montpellier.
The next day, April 3rd, all the officers on half-pay assembled at the fountain to be reviewed by a general and a sub-inspector, and as these officers were late, the order of the day issued by General Ambert, recognising the Imperial Government, was produced and passed along the ranks, causing such excitement that one of the officers drew his sword and cried, "Long live the emperor!" These magic words were re-echoed from every side, and they all hastened to the barracks of the 63rd Regiment, which at once joined the officers.

At this juncture Marshal Pelissier arrived, and did not appear to welcome the turn things had taken; he made an effort to restrain the enthusiasm of the crowd, but was immediately arrested by his own soldiers.

The officers repaired in a body to the headquarters of General Briche, commandant of the garrison, and asked for the official copy of the order of the day.