Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV.

_Retrospect of Events on the Frontiers--Defection of Murat--Its consequences--Augereau abandons Franche Comté--Carnot intrusted with the command of Antwerp--Attack on Bergen-op-...

_Murat's Armistice broken off--Napoleon leaves Moscow on 19th October--Bloody Skirmish at Malo-Yarowslavetz--Napoleon in great danger while reconnoitring--He retreats to Vereia,...

_Napoleon determines to return to Paris--He leaves Smorgoni on 5th December--reaches Warsaw on the 10th--Curious Interview with the Abbé de Pradt--Arrives at Dresden on the 14th...

_Declaration of the Allies on entering France--Switzerland--Schwartzenberg crosses the Rhine--Apathy of the French--Junction of Blucher with the Grand Army--Crown Prince of Swed...

_Change in Napoleon's Principles of Government--Becomes suspicious of Talleyrand and Fouché--Fouché endeavours, without the knowledge of Napoleon, to ascertain the Views of Engl...

_Allies on whose assistance Buonaparte might count--Causes which alienated from him the Prince-Royal of Sweden--who signs a Treaty with Russia--Delicate situation of the King of...

_Conduct of Russia and England during the War with Austria--Meditated Expedition of British Troops to the Continent--Sent to Walcheren--Its Calamitous Details and Result--Procee...

_Preparations of Napoleon against the Invasion of France--Terms of Peace offered by the Allies--Congress held at Manheim--Lord Castlereagh--Manifesto of the Allies--Buonaparte's...

_Napoleon divides his Army into four Corps, which leave Smolensk on their retreat towards Poland--Cautious proceedings of Koutousoff--The Viceroy's division is attacked by Milor...

_On 14th September, Napoleon reaches Moscow, which he finds deserted by the Inhabitants--The City is discovered to be on fire--Napoleon takes up his quarters in the Kremlin--The...

_Proceedings of the Army under Prince Bagration--Napoleon's manœuvres against him--King Jerome of Westphalia is disgraced for alleged inactivity--Bagration is defeated by Davous...

_Napoleon's Plan of the Campaign against Russia--Understood and provided against by Barclay de Tolly, the Russian Generalissimo--Statement of the Grand French Army--Of the Grand...

_Retreat of the French from Germany--General Defection of Napoleon's Partisans--Battle of Hannau fought on 30th and 31st October--Napoleon arrives at Paris on 9th November--Stat...

_Napoleon reaches Leipsic on 15th of October--Statement of the French and Allied Forces--BATTLE OF LEIPSIC, commenced on 16th, and terminates with disadvantage to the French at...

_Gustavus IV. of Sweden is Dethroned and succeeded by his Uncle--The Crown Prince killed by a fall from his horse--Candidates proposed for the Succession--The Swedes, thinking t...

_View of Napoleon's gigantic Power--The Empress Maria Louisa delivered of a Son--Criticism on the Title given him, of King of Rome--Speculations in regard to the advantages or d...

_Almost all the foreign French Settlements fall into the hands of the British--French Squadron destroyed at the Isle of Aix, by Lord Cochrane--and at the Isle of Rosas, by Lord...

_Change in the results formerly produced by the French Victories--Despondency of the Generals--Decay in the discipline of the Troops--Views of Austria--Arguments in favour of Pe...

_State of the French Grand Army--The Russians advance, and show themselves on the Elbe--The French evacuate Berlin, and retreat on the Elbe--The Crown Prince of Sweden joins the...

_Change in Napoleon's Domestic Life--Causes which led to it--His anxiety for an Heir--A Son of his brother Louis is fixed upon, but dies in Childhood--Character and influence of...

_Amount and distribution of the French Army at the resumption of Hostilities--of the Armies of the Allies--Plan of the Campaign on both sides--Return of Moreau from America, to...

_Napoleon detaches Murat and other Generals in pursuit of the Russians--Bloody, but indecisive Action, at Valoutina--Barclay de Tolly's defensive system relinquished, and Koutou...

_Effects of Napoleon's return upon the Parisians--Congratulations and addresses by all the public Functionaries--Conspiracy of Mallet--very nearly successful--How at last defeat...

_Military Proceedings in the north of Germany--Luckau submits to the Crown Prince of Sweden--Battles of Gross-Beeren and Katzbach--Operations of Ney upon Berlin--He is defeated...

_Murat leaves the Grand Army abruptly--Eugene appointed in his place--Measures taken by the King of Prussia for his disenthraldom--He leaves Berlin for Breslau--Treaty signed be...

_Retrospect of the causes leading to the Rupture with Russia--originate in the Treaty of Tilsit--Russia's alleged Reasons of Complaint--Arguments of Napoleon's Counsellors again...