At first, officers tried to stop the tide of fleeing soldiers, but they soon realized they were powerless and were even swept up in the retreat themselves.,But the emperor himself just stood there, his face pale as he watched the tide of retreating soldiers, not saying a word.,After arriving in Austria, on July 22, 1818, his maternal grandfather, Emperor Francis I of Austria, issued a decree cancelling his Napoleonic name and replacing it with the Germanized "Franz" as his new name; simultaneously, he revoked his titles of Roman King and all other honors, instead bestowing upon him the title of Duke of Lechstedt.。