CHAPTER TWENTY

1806

QUEEN HORTENSE

Louis Proclaimed King of Holland--Hortense’s Unhappy Married Life--Birth of Napoleon-Charles--Louis Buys Saint-Leu--Birth of Napoleon-Louis--Louis and Hortense at The Hague--Joséphine at Mayence--The Campaign of Jena--Napoleon’s Letters--The Emperor at Berlin--The Hatzfeld Episode--Prussia Overwhelmed--The Emperor in Poland--He Refuses to Allow Joséphine to Join Him--Battle of Pultusk 198