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With the demise of the Second French Empire, the Prince Imperial was exiled to the United Kingdom, where he first attended elementary lectures in physics at King's College London.
He subsequently applied and was accepted to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
After finishing 17th in his class, he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in order to follow in the footsteps of his famous great-uncle.
Finally, with the outbreak of the Zulu War in 1879, the Prince Imperial, with the rank of lieutenant, forced the hand of the British military to allow him to take part in the conflict.
He was only allowed to go to Africa by special pleading of his mother, the Empress Eugenie, and by intervention of Queen Victoria herself.
He went as an observer, attached to the staff of Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, the commander in South Africa, who was admonished to take care of him.
Louis accompanied Chelmsford on his march into Zululand.
Keen to see action, and full of enthusiasm, he was warned by Lieutenant Arthur Brigge, a close friend, "... to avoid running unnecessary risks.
I reminded him of the Empress at home and his political party in France.

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