CHAPTER XI.

OUR STAY AT ELBING--MADAME GENTIL--AN UNCLE'S HEIR--JANUARY 1ST, 1813--PICART AND THE PRUSSIANS--FATHER ELLIOT--MY WITNESSES 329

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Sergeant Bourgogne in 1830. _Frontispiece_

The French Receiving Hospitality from Russian Women, 50

The Bridge over the Kolotscha near Borodino, September 17, 1812, 90

On the High Road from Mojaiska to Krymskoie, September 18, 1812, 130

Bivouac near Mikalewka, November 7, 1812, 170

On the Road between Braunsberg and Elbing, December 21, 1812, 210

Passage of the Berezina, November, 1812, 250

Beside the Road, not far from Pnewa, November 8, 1812, 300

MEMOIRS OF SERGEANT BOURGOGNE