four in the morning
Twelve days before I did not know that France was so beautiful . But on seeing Paris with its towers and its innumerable palaces extending as far as the horizon , I thought , `` This is France , these are the treasures that our fathers have amassed during century after century . What a misfortune that the English and Prussians should ever come here . '' At four in the morning we attacked the Prussians with new fury , and retook the positions we had lost the day before . Then it was that some generals came and announced a suspension of hostilities . This took place on the 3d of July , 1815 . We thought that this suspension was to give notice to the enemy , that if he did not quit our country , France would rise as one man , and crush them all as she did in ' 92 .