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advance allies Alvintzy appeared Archduke Charles armistice armistice of Cherasco artillery attack Austerlitz Austrian battle Bennigsen Berlin Blucher Bona Bonaparte Bonaparte's Bourbons BOURRIENNE Britain British Brumaire campaign capital cavalry centre CHAPTER CHRONOLOGY columns command Consul corps Corsican Council of Ancients crossed Czar decided declared defeated Directoire Egypt Emperor Empire enemy Europe favour fighting fleet followed force fought France French army French Empire frontier Germany Grande Armée Guard hundred infantry Italian Italy Joachim Murat Joseph Bonaparte Joséphine King of Naples Kutusoff later Legnago Leipzig line of communications Malta Mantua marched Marengo Masséna Melas Memoirs ment Metternich miles military Moreau Murat Napoleon nearly NOTE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL numbers occupied Paris peace placed political position Prince Prussians Republic retreat Revolution Rhine road Roger Ducos Russia Schwarzenberg Sieyès soldiers Spain success thence thousand throne Tilsit tion took Toulon treaty troops valley Vendémiaire victory Vienna Wagram
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Page 237 - It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Page 109 - He arrived there on the night of the 19th, was conveyed to the fort of Vincennes, tried by a subservient courtmartial in the course of the same night, sentenced to death on no evidence, and shot at dawn. This crime, the most obvious blot on Napoleon's name, produced a wave of indignation that swept all Europe including France. Not one of the First Consul's supporters approved the act, most of them regretted or repudiated it. Chateaubriand resigned from the diplomatic service; Talleyrand sententiously...
Page 121 - Soldiers of the Grand Army ! In a fortnight we have finished a campaign : we have expelled the troops of the house of Austria from Bavaria, and re-established our ally in the sovereignty of his estates.