CHAPTER II

Napoleon Bonaparte; The Man of Destiny

A Remarkable and Wonderful Career--The Enemies and Friends of France--Movements of the Armies in Germany and Italy--Napoleon Crosses the Alps at St. Bernard Pass--The Situation in Italy--The Famous Field of Marengo--A Great Battle Lost and Won--The Result of the Victory of Marengo--Napoleon Returns to France--Moreau and the Great Battle of Hohenlinden--The Peace of Luneville--The Peace of Amiens--The Punishment of the Conspirators and the Assassination of the Duke d'Enghien--Napoleon Crowned Emperor of the French--The Great Works Devised By the New Emperor 44