Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume III.

_Position of the French and Austrian Armies after the Battle of Eckmühl--Napoleon crosses the Danube--Great Conflict at Asperne, when victory was claimed by both parties--Battle...

_Retrospect of the Partition of Poland--Napoleon receives addresses from Poland, which he evades--He advances into Poland, Bennigsen retreating before him--Character of the Russ...

_View of the Internal Government of Napoleon at the period of the Peace of Tilsit--The Tribunate abolished--Council of State--Prefectures--Their nature and objects described--Th...

_Relative situations of France and England--Hostilities commenced with Spain, by the Stoppage, by Commodore Moore, of four Spanish Galleons, when three of their Escort were take...

_Death of Pitt--He is succeeded by Fox as Prime Minister--Negotiation with France--The Earl of Lauderdale sent to Paris as the British Negotiator--Negotiation broken off, in con...

_Duplicity of Buonaparte on his return to Paris--Official Statements in the Moniteur--Reports issued by Champagny, Minister of the Foreign Department--French Relations with the...

_Disaffection begins to arise against Napoleon among the Soldiery--Purpose of setting up Moreau against him--Character of Moreau--Causes of his Estrangement from Buonaparte--Pic...

_Pampeluna, Barcelona, Montjouy, and St. Sebastians, are fraudulently seized by the French--King Charles proposes to sail for South America--Insurrection at Aranjuez--Charles re...

_Napoleon meditates a change of title from Chief Consul to Emperor--A Motion to this purpose brought forward in the Tribunate--Opposed by Carnot--Adopted by the Tribunate and Se...

_Position of the French Armies--Napoleon advances towards Vienna--The Emperor Francis leaves his Capital--French enter Vienna on the 13th November--Review of the French Successe...

_Napoleon addresses a Second Letter to the King of England personally--Answered by the British Secretary of State to Talleyrand--Alliance formed betwixt Russia and England--Prus...

_General Belliard occupies Madrid--Napoleon returns to France--Cause of his hurried return--View of the Circumstances leading to a Rupture with Austria--Feelings of Russia upon...

_Increasing Jealousies betwixt France and England--Encroachments on the part of the former--Instructions given by the First Consul to his Commercial Agents--Orders issued by the...

_Effects of the Peace of Tilsit--Napoleon's views of a State of Peace--Contrasted with those of England--The Continental System--Berlin and Milan Decrees--British Orders in Coun...

_Ungenerous conduct of Buonaparte to the Duke of Brunswick--The approach of the French troops to Brunswick compels the dying Prince to cause himself to be carried to Altona, whe...

_Zeal of Britain with regard to the Spanish struggle--It is resolved to send an Expedition to Portugal--Retrospect of what had passed in that Country--Portuguese Assembly of Not...

_St. Domingo--The Negroes split into parties under different Chiefs--Toussaint L'Ouverture the most distinguished of these--Appoints a Consular Government--France sends an Exped...

_British Expedition to Calabria, under Sir John Stuart--Character of the People--Opposed by General Reynier--Battle of Maida, 4th July, 1806--Defeat of the French--Calabria evac...

_Plans of Defence of the Spanish Juntas--defeated by the ardour of the Insurrectionary Armies--Cruelty of the French Troops, and Inveteracy of the Spaniards--Successes of the In...

_Renewal of the War--England lays an Embargo on French Vessels--Napoleon retaliates by detaining British Subjects--Effects of this unprecedented Measure--Hanover and other place...

_State of morals and manners in Spain--The Nobility--the Middle Classes--the Lower Ranks--the indignation of the People strongly excited against the French--Insurrection at Madr...

_Military Details--Plan of the Conscription--Its Nature--and Effects--Enforced with unsparing rigour--Its influence upon the general Character of the French Soldiery--New mode o...

_General Indignation of Europe in consequence of the Murder of the Duke d'Enghien--Russia complains to Talleyrand of the Violation of Baden--and, along with Sweden, Remonstrates...

The reputation of Buonaparte as a soldier, was the means which raised him to the Imperial dignity; and, unfortunately for himself, his ideas were so constantly associated with w...

[475] "The Emperor returned amongst us in a sudden and unexpected manner; whether, as those about him assured me, that a band of Spanish fanatics had sworn to assassinate him (I...

[485] "I was present at the accident. The Emperor's surgeon, M. Yvan, was immediately sent for, who dressed the wound before us, and before all the soldiers who happened to be n...