Under Jerome Bonaparte's direct deployment and command, the mourning delegation completed all preliminary preparations within just three days.
A mourning delegation led by Prince Monfort and assisted by Valerovsky set out from Paris on January 8, 1859, heading to Vienna, the capital of the Austrian Empire, to attend Marshal Radetzky's funeral.
To express the French Empire's regard for Marshal Radetzky's funeral, Jerome Bonaparte hosted a moderately sized farewell ceremony for the mourning delegation and personally escorted Prince Monfort and others onto the royal train.
Accompanied by the piercing whistle of the steam locomotive, the royal train began accelerating forward.
Standing on the railway platform watching the train that was about to disappear from sight, Jerome Bonaparte similarly turned and left.
Before taking a carriage back to the Tuileries Palace, Jerome Bonaparte summoned the adjutant Bourbaski.
