Napoleon is forced to negotiate with the enemy on “neutral ground,” isn't too worried about it.

>The negotiations with what he called ‘this insolent and arrogant court’ began on April 15, with the Austrian plenipotentiary the Marquis de Gallo pedantically demanding that the pavilion where they were to take place be officially declared neutral ground. >[Napoleon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) happily conceded the point, explaining to the Directory that ‘this neutral ground is surrounded on all sides by the French army, and is in the middle of our tents’. _______________________________ **Source:** Roberts, Andrew. "Peace." *Napoleon: A Life*. New York: Penguin, 2014. 138. Print. **Original Source Listed:** CGI no. 1514 p. 914, April 16, 1797. _______________________________ **Further Reading:** [Napoleone di Buonaparte / Napoléon Bonaparte / Napoleon I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon) [French Directory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Directory)