The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4)

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Archduke John ordered to join, 216.

=Army of the Var=, i. 191.

=Army of the West, the=, _N._ ordered to join, i. 263; _N._ refuses to serve in, 279, 296; under Hoche, 346; reinforces the Army of Italy, 387; freed for active service, ii. 146.

"=Army Organization=," _N.'s_ essay on, iv. 232.

=Arnault, A. V.=, reports _N.'s_ speech to Barras, ii. 107; "Memoirs" of, iii. 298; records interview between Mme. de Stael and _N._, 298.

=Arndt, E. M.=, member of the reform party in Prussia, ii. 416; his war-cry of "Freedom and Austria," iii. 195; inspires to German unity, 397.

=Arrighi=, Gen. J. T., wounded at Acre, ii. 76.

=Art=, _N.'s_ plunder of works of, i. 368, 423, 446; revival of, ii. 259; _N._ advises encouragement of, 347.

"=Art and History of War=," _N.'s_ essay on, ii. 340.

=Artillery=, _N.'s_ study and use of, i. 48; ii. 178; condition in 1796, 329; its use at Wagram, iii. 229; use of, at Leipsic, iv. 28, 33.

=Artisan class=, at outbreak of the Revolution, i. 102.

=Artois, Count of=, leads emigrant royalists against France, i. 298; returns to England, 304; schemes for the restoration of, ii. 239; complicity in the Cadoudal conspiracy, 298; refrains from entering France, 301; doubtful courage of, 301-303; suspected of plotting in Paris, 303; _N._ determines to seize, 302; his plots in Paris, 311; supposed capture of, iv. 104; enters Paris, 132; reception in Lyons, 156.

=Asia=, France's interest in, ii. 16; _N.'s_ schemes of conquest in, 61; Russia's ambition in, 154, 193; England's vulnerability in, iii. 112; proposed invasion of, 113; _N.'s_ scheme to drive Russia into, 332; the partition of, iv. 298.

=Asia Minor=, proposed military operations in, iii. 114.

=Aspern=, the advantage of position at, ii. 179; battle of, iii. 218-225, 231, 232; monument in churchyard of, 223; losses at, 224; military operations near, 226; captured by the Austrians, 228.

=Assembly of Notables=, i. 105.

=Assyria=, the history of, iv. 293.

=Asti=, topography of country near, ii. 178.

=Astorga=, British troops at, iii. 186, 188; _N._ at, 188, 196; Ney at, 188.

=Astrakhan=, proposed Indian expeditions via, ii. 209.

=Asturias=, rebellion in, iii. 154; flight of Blake into, 185.

=Asturias, Prince of=, leads revolt against Godoy, iii. 70; conspiracy of his father against his succession, 71, 127; arrest of, 72, 126; proposed French matrimonial alliance for, 71, 125, 133, 144; character, popularity, and following, 124; seeks _N.'s_ aid, 125, 126; mentions his mother's shame, 126; commissions the Duke del Infantado, 126; trial and release, 127; pardoned by his father, 127; Charles IV, abdicates in favor of, 136. _See also_ =Ferdinand VII=.

=Astyanax=, the King of Rome likened to, iv. 91, 108.

=Atheists=, in the National Convention, i. 250.

=Athies=, capture and recapture of, iv. 80, 81.

=Atlantic=, _N.'s_ mastery of ports on the, iii. 264.

=Attila=, _N._ likened to, i. 443.

=Aube, River=, military operations on the, iv. 58, 60, 74, 85, 86, 91, 93, 96.

=Aubry, Francois=, royalist intrigues by, i. 278; _N.'s_ vindictiveness toward, 287, 289.

=Auerstaedt=, battle of, ii. 430-434; Prussia's humiliation at, iii. 57; Davout created Duke of, 86. _See also_ =Davout=.

=Augereau, Gen. P. C. F.=, a product of Carnot's system, i. 332; general of division, Army of Italy, 345; defeats Austrians at Millesimo, 353, 354; at Lonato, 381; battle of Bassano, 388; at Verona, 388; battle of Arcole, 380-391; battle of Lonato, 393; driven into Porto Legnago, 409; the Rivoli campaign, 410, 414; commanding Army of the Interior, ii. 7; takes command in Paris, 7; events of the 18th of Fructidor, 8; commanding Army of the Rhine, 9; opposes _N._, 35; blunders in south-western Germany, 37; commanding in the Pyrenees, 37, 44; Jacobin candidate for supreme command, 94; fails to attend banquet at St. Sulpice, 101; offers services to _N._, 109; position on the Main, 190; dangerous position after Hohenlinden, 191; at Concordat celebration at Notre Dame, 215; victory at Castiglione, 323; created marshal, 323; plan of naval expedition for, 333; commanding in Germany, 364; exasperates the people of Ansbach, 416; near Coburg, 428; battle of Jena, 429-431; at Golynim, iii. 4; strength in Poland, 7; in the Eylau campaign, 13, 14-17; wounded at Eylau, 17; created Duke of Castiglione, 86; income, 87; service in Spain, 283; in campaign of 1813, 402; battle of Leipsic, iv. 32; confronting Bubna at Geneva, 56; sent to Eugene's assistance, 56; waning loyalty of, 56, 59; repulses Bubna from Lyons, 67; moral exhaustion of, 72; letter from _N._, 72; driven back to Lyons, 81; strength, 94; incapacity, 94; evacuates Lyons, 94; _N.'s_ kindness toward, 94; contrasted with Suchet, 94; strength, March, 1814, 102; available forces, 118; transfers allegiance to Louis XVIII, 133, 138; meeting with _N._ near Valence, 138; alleges patriotism as cause of his desertion, 138; attainted, 157; _N.'s_ forgiveness for, 233.

=Augsburg=, military movements near, iii. 203, 205.

=Augusta of Bavaria=, marries Eugene de Beauharnais, ii. 399.

=Aujezd=, military operations at, ii. 388.

=Aulic Council=, i. 426, 430; ii. 160, 367.

=Austerlitz=, battle of, ii. 379 et seq., 423; the lessons of, 391, 392; iii. 341; "the sun of," ii. 392; iii. 343; reception of the news in England, ii. 393; meeting of the sovereigns after, iii. 38; fruits of the battle, 109; Talleyrand's policy after, 125; _N.'s_ terms after, 164; Alexander's pliableness after, 351; the battle compared with that at Leipsic, iv. 37; interview between Francis and _N._ at, 30.

=Austerlitz, Bridge of=, in Paris, iii. 74.

=Austin, John=, on the Napoleonic Code, ii. 223.

=Austria=, hampered by alliances, i. 22; campaign against France, 65; France declares war against, 172, 187; relations (alliances and negotiations for mutual support) with Prussia, 174; ii. 389, 414; iii. 225, 235, 320, 331; captures Lafayette, i. 179; effect of military successes, 194; military operations against, in Piedmont, 213; partition of Poland, 220, 425; Massena's campaign against, 243; opening of hostilities against, 243; enters Genoese territory, 245; cessation of operations against, 261; defeated at Weissenburg and Fleurus, 273; driven out of Alsace, 273; relations with England (alliances and negotiations with, and subsidies from), 277, 434; ii. 156, 160, 187, 188, 351, 358, 369; iii. 104, 165, 194, 195, 198, 225, 422; iv. 76, 145, 164; armistice between France and, i. 278; French schemes against, 293; defeated by Prussia, 325; hostility to France, 325; relations (alliances and negotiations for mutual support) with Russia, 325, 425; ii. 45, 61, 72, 312, 355, 357, 360, 363;