iv. 156;

discredit royalty, i. 268; their motto, 297; France's demands on Austria concerning, ii. 43; hopes and rumors of restoration of, and plots therefore, 94, 122, 158, 194, 255, 317; iv. 51, 67, 68, 113, 114, 164, 165; Talleyrand's predilection for, ii. 122; England's attitude toward, 143, 144, 271, 356; iv. 68; a blow at the, ii. 207; _N._ complains of England's protection of, 271, 356; foster the Jacobin spirit of insurrection, 300; responsibility for the execution of Ney, 300; the Duc d'Enghien, 301; intrigues against _N.'s_ life, 304; iv. 141, 144; _N.'s_ attempt to fix death of Duc d'Enghien on, ii. 312; causes of the French dislike for, 317; their "divine right," 317; their founder, 350; scheme to establish a monarchy in America, iii. 134, 141; Metternich's desire to restore the, iv. 67, 68; rising in Vendee, 102; restoration of, 109, 113-115, 132, 146; enthusiasm for, in Paris, 115; revulsion of feeling in France and by Alexander against, 125, 126; fickle imperialists support Louis XVIII, 132; maintain spies in Elba, 142; _N._ on the illegitimacy of their throne, 156.

=The Neapolitan=, impending downfall, ii. 357; banished, 390, 395, 401; iii. 214; proposal that they retain power in Sicily, ii. 401.

=The Spanish=, scheme to emancipate Spain from rule of, ii. 44; incapacity and degradation, iii. 70; _N.'s_ attitude toward, 142; deposed, 145-148, 150, 164; proposals to restore the throne to, 271, 416.

=Bourgeoisie=, the, at outbreak of the Revolution, i. 101, 107; _N._ seeks the support of, ii. 278.

=Bourmont, Gen.=, deserts before Charleroi, iv. 174.

=Bourrienne, L. A. F. de=, on the question of _N.'s_ birth, i. 37; shares mathematical honors with _N._, 56; shares _N.'s_ poverty in Paris, 174; obtains diplomatic position at Stuttgart, 174; anecdotes of _N._ by, 175; describes _N.'s_ personality, 284; _N.'s_ friendship for, 295; improved fortunes of, 295; _N.'s_ confidences with, ii. 51; on _N.'s_ plans of escaping from Egypt, 83; _N._ expresses his satisfaction to, concerning the 18th Brumaire, 110; rebukes _N._ at St. Cloud, 113; character, 277; dismissed, 277; on Mme. de Stael, iii. 298; venality of, iv. 106.

=Bourse=, _N.'s_ failure to govern the, ii. 410; rise in values after the Austrian marriage, iii. 264.

=Bowles, Col. Geo.=, conversation with Wellington, iv. 184.

=Boyer, Gen. J. P.=, prepares a "triumphal" return to Cairo, ii. 76.

=Brabant=, visit of _N._ and Maria Louisa to, iii. 269; French occupation of, 270; _N.'s_ offer to exchange it for Hanseatic towns, 270.

=Braganza, House of=, decline of, iii. 119; flight to Brazil, 134; _N._ proposes to restore Portugal to, 319.

=Brandenburg=, proposed allotment of, to Jerome, iii. 409; the Army of the North in, iv. 2; contemplated operations in, 7.

=Brandenburg, House of=, the imperial crown for the, ii. 420; owes its safety to the Czar, iii. 73.

=Braunau=, the Austrian camp at, ii. 365; captured by Lannes, 367; Russian troops at, 368; French occupation of, 405.

=Bray=, Macdonald before, iv. 72.

=Brazi=, Don John embarks for, iii. 121.

=Breisgau=, grant to Grand Duke of Tuscany in, ii. 193; Duc d'Enghien prepares to retire to the, 302, 303; part of, acquired by Baden, 391; Wuertemberg acquires part of, 391.

=Breitenlee=, Austrian advance through, iii. 220.

=Bremen=, closed to British commerce, ii. 287; laid under contribution, 287; proposal to give it to Prussia, 400; Bernadotte's force in, iii. 202; scheme to incorporate with France, 266; position in the French empire, 279; French forces at, 393.

=Brenta, River=, military operations on the, i. 384, 390-392, 406.

=Brescia=, seized by France, i. 371; the French position at, 379; captured by Quasdanowich, 380; evacuated by the enemy, 381; the revolutionary movement in, 428, 435.

=Breslau=, Russian troops at, ii. 380; the Prussian court moves from Berlin to, iii. 396; patriotism in the university, 398; French occupation of, 413; pursuit of the allies to, 413; French evacuation of, 414, 415; military movements near, iv. 3.

=Brest=, naval preparations at, ii. 48, 68, 333, 359, 360, 441; blockade of, iii. 48; junction of Nelson and Cornwallis before, ii. 359; the fleet ordered to the English Channel from, 359; Villeneuve's mission to relieve, 360; the squadron ordered to the Mediterranean, iii. 111; imprisonment of Schill's followers in, 233; naval station at, 380.

=Brest-Litovski=, military operations near, iii. 353.

="Briars, The,"= _N._ a guest at, iv. 229, 230.

=Bribery=, _N.'s_ first lesson in, i. 203.

=Bridge of Arts=, the, iii. 74.

=Brienne=, _N._ at, i. 37, 46-59, 146, 210; iv. 60; _N.'s_ mock battles at, i. 53; iv. 60; Lucien Buonaparte at, i. 81; Lucien quits, and Louis remains at, 88; Louis fails of admission to, 96; _N.'s_ garden at, 210; _N.'s_ contemporaries at, 216; battle of, iv. 60, 61; military movements near, 95, 96.

=Brienne, Mme. Lomenie de=, _N.'s_ early friend, i. 52, 105.

=Brigandage=, suppression of, in Corsica, i. 14, 15.

=Brigido, Col.=, at battle of Arcole, i. 390.

=Brindisi=, embargo on, ii. 287.

=Brinkmann=, on _N.'s_ influence in France, ii. 133.

=Brissot, J. P.=, leader of the Girondists, i. 189.

=Brittany=, foundation of the Jacobin Club in, i. 107; violence and civil war in, 207, 222, 277, 305; ii. 91, 146; _N._ conciliates, 146; suspected plot of the Duc de Berry in, 303.

=Brixen=, Joubert at, i. 434; apportioned to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, ii. 266; ceded to Bavaria, 391.

=Broglie, Duc de=, on the Emperor's court at Fontainebleau, iii. 245.

=Broussier, Gen.=, marches to relief of Paris, iv. 102.

=Bruck=, Prince Eugene at, iii. 225.

=Brueys d'Aigalliers, Vice-Adm. Francois-Paul=, commanding French fleet in the Adriatic, ii, 18; ordered to Corfu, 62; ordered to Alexandria, 62; in the battle of the Nile, 62-66.

=Bruix, Adm. E.=, sent to conquer the Mediterranean ii. 79; interview with Barras, 107; argument in favor of the slave-trade, 236.

=Brumaire=, the plot of the 18th of, ii. 102 et seq., 119 et seq., 315; iv. 258.

=Brune, Gen. G. M. A.=, plunders Bern, ii. 40; military genius, 88; campaign in Holland, 87, 93, 96, 323; battle of Bergen, 93; supersedes Massena in Italy, 190; advances to Trent, 192; created marshal, 323; venality of, iii. 81.

=Brunet, Gen.=, commanding the Army of Italy, i. 213.

=Bruenn=, military operations near, ii. 367, 369, 379, 383-386; iii. 229; _N._ establishes headquarters at, ii. 379.

=Brunswick=, French occupation of, ii. 443; organization of the Black Legion, iii. 234; the Black Legion's escape through, 234; restored to its former ruler, iv. 40.

=Brunswick, Charles F. W., Duke of=, commander-in-chief of the Prussian army, ii. 419, 424, 427; at Naumberg, 424; decline of his influence, 428; at Erfurt, 427; plan of opposition to the French, 428; in battle of Jena, 429-433; death of, 433, 443; proclamation against the French republic, 443; appeals to _N.'s_ mercy, 443.

=Brunswick, Frederick W., Duke of=, deprived of his throne, iii. 234; organizes the Black Legion, 234; exploits with the Black Legion, 234; escapes to England, 234.

=Brunswick, House of=, Sieyes suspected of plotting with the, ii. 95.

=Bruslart=, governor of Corsica, plots against _N._, iv. 150.

=Brussels=, proposed invasion of France via, iv. 57; York retires to, 80; military operations near, 170, 179, 180, 190, 192, 194, 195; topography of, 195.

=Brutus=, statue at the Tuileries, ii. 147.

=Bruyeres=, killed at Reichenbach, iii. 410.

=Bry=, meeting of Wellington and Bluecher at, iv. 180.

=Bubna, Gen.=, emissary from Francis to _N._, iii. 238, 395; iv. 21; suggests an armistice, iii. 408; procrastinates, 417; confronting Augereau at Geneva, iv. 57; in the campaign of 1814, 62; driven from Lyons by Augereau, 67.

="Bucentaur," the=, destruction of, ii. 24.

="Bucentaure," the=, at Trafalgar, ii. 374.

=Budberg=, Russian councilor, iii. 52.

=Budweis=, Archduke Charles at, iii. 216.

=Buenos Ayres=, English expedition against, iii. 100.

="Buffer" states=, ii. 402; iii. 55.

=Bug, River=, proposed French occupation to the, ii. 442; military operations on the, iii. 2, 117, 358.

=Bulgaria=, alleged concession of, to Russia, iii. 55.

=Bull-fights=, _N._ proposes to introduce them into Paris, ii. 409.

=Buelow, Gen. F. W. von=, junction of Bernadotte with, iii. 399; commanding Army of the North, iv. 3; holding Berlin, iv. 3; strength, 3; belittled by _N._, 5; military ability, 14; battle of Grossbeeren, 14; battle of Dennewitz, 18; cooeperates with Graham in the Netherlands, 57; captures Soissons, 77; commanding reserve forces, 177; in Waterloo campaign, 177; near Beauderet, 185; at St. Lambert, 194; battle of Waterloo, 204-207.

=Bunbury, Sir Henry=, on commission to notify _N._ of his sentence, iv. 226.

=Bunzlau=, Bluecher at, iv. 7.

=Buonaparte, Carlo Maria di= (father of _N._), early life of, i. 29, 30; ennobled, 29; marriage, 30; submission and French naturalization, 32; character, 22, 44; death, 34, 63; ambitions and advancements, 43-47, 57, 63; mission to Versailles, 44-47; claim against the Jesuits, 47, 63; breaks down, 57; his "infamy," 97; _N._ renounces the royalist principles of, 136; his paternity of _N._ denied, iv. 137.

=Buonaparte, Caroline= (sister of _N._), birth, i. 33; at Nice, 244; early life, 322; gift to her brother on departure for Egypt, ii. 53; married to Murat, 195, 258; resents _N.'s_ abuse of Murat, iv. 56. _See also_ =Murat, Mme=.

=Buonaparte, Princess Charlotte=, proposal to marry her to the Prince of Asturias, iii. 129; sent to Madame Mere, 130.

=Buonaparte, Hortense=, life in Holland, iii. 26; death of her eldest son, 52; quarrels with the Grand Duchess of Berg, 179; share in the Austrian marriage negotiations, 253; Louis complains of, 270; criticized by Mme. de Stael, 298. _See also_ =Beauharnais, Hortense=.

=Buonaparte, Jerome= (brother of _N._), birth, i. 33, 64; sent to school in Paris, 309; marriage to Elizabeth Patterson, ii. 257; residence in the United States, 257; deserts his wife Elizabeth, 257; service in the West Indies, 257; fails to secure divorce from his American wife, 396; marries Catherine of Wuertemberg, 399; iii. 93, 94; assists in the sack of Poland, ii. 440; commanding corps of Wuertembergers and Bavarians, iii. 3; King of Westphalia, 56, 279; Pius VII refuses to annul his marriage, 68; assumes the title of Napoleon, 82; relations with _N._, 82; ordered to raise levies in Westphalia, 132; at the Erfurt conference, 171; defeated by the Black Legion, 234; deprived of part of Hanover, 278; supplies quota to _N.'s_ army, 322; in the Russian campaign, 336; at Grodno, 336; military blunders and incompetence, 336; proposed allotment of Brandenburg and Berlin to, 409; flees to France, iv. 40; takes refuge in Switzerland, 135; assigned to the House of Peers, 160; battle of Waterloo, 199, 211.

=Buonaparte, Joseph= (grandfather of _N._), ennobled, i. 28.

=Buonaparte, Joseph= (brother of _N._), childish relations with _N._, i. 40; educated for the priesthood, 44, 55; goes to Autun, 44; character, 49; iii. 130, 131; iv. 106; desire for military service, i. 55; search for a career, 55, 57, 79, 83, 89, 96, 134, 140, 288, 292-295; attends his father in his last illness, 58, 63; his politics, 83; studies law at Pisa, 89; early struggles, 96; claims share in framing Corsican appeal to National Assembly, 118; appointed mayor's secretary at Ajaccio, 123; at Marseilles, 127; member of the Constituent Assembly at Orezza, 131, 134; represents Ajaccio in district Directory, 134; disappointments to, 134; political offices and schemes, 140, 144; member of Corsican Directory, 161; reminiscences of, conversations, confidences, and relations with _N._, 178; iii. 45, 82, 109, 140, 148, 149, 190; leaves Corsica for Toulon, i. 207; trades on his brother's commission in the National Guard, 208; made commissary-general, 238; marriage of, 254; deprived of employment, 284, 287; settles in Genoa, 288, 291; proposed land speculation for, 288; _N.'s_ correspondence with, 290-297, 312; ii. 66; iii. 18, 184, 299; iv. 61, 73, 77, 91, 216; plans for diplomatic appointment, i. 292, 294; marriage, 295; enamoured of Desiree Clary, 312; receives diplomatic appointment, 309; French minister at Rome, ii. 28, 39; demands Provera's dismissal from Rome, 39; demands his passports, 39; sends information to _N._ in Egypt, 80; political and social preferment, 96; member of the Five Hundred, 95; plenipotentiary to negotiate with Cobenzl, 188; France's representative at Luneville, 193; his skilful diplomacy, 256; negotiates the treaty of Amiens, 263; _N._ confides the Duc d'Enghien's case to, 307; at Malmaison, 308; seeks clemency for the Duc d'Enghien, 308; coolness between _N._ and, 308; the right of imperial succession in his family, 322; created Elector and imperial prince, 322; on his brother's strength with the army, 334; at _N.'s_ coronation, 342; declines the crown of Italy, 352; in battle of Austerlitz, 387; made king of Naples, 395; dominion over Sicily, 401; advised to show himself terrible at first, 439; reports _N.'s_ Indian scheme, 442; Pius VII refuses to recognize his sovereignty, iii. 68; assumes the title of Napoleon, 82; residence at Naples, 129; interview with _N._ at Venice, 129-131; the crown of Spain offered to, 131; reform of Neapolitan politics, 130; ambition, 131; ordered to Bayonne, 149; king of Spain, 150, 169, 142, 279, 382, 421; assumes government at Madrid, iii. 154; entreats _N._ assistance in Spain, 158; lacks male descendants, 160; asserts his sovereignty, 190; driven from Madrid, 190; the Spaniards swear allegiance to, 191, 192; accompanies _N._ on his second marriage journey, 258; his Spanish territory contracted, 278; signs a conditional abdication, 282; bickerings with Soult, 287; Wellington moves to Madrid against, 290; temporary government at Valencia, 377; acting regent in Paris, iv. 58, 61; gives up hope, 81; sends flag of truce to Bernadotte, 85; enjoined to save the Empress and her son from Austrian capture, 91; member of the Empress-Regent's council, 106; proclaims his brother's approach to Paris, 109; prepares for defense of Paris, 109; deputy emperor, 111; overtakes the Empress at Chartres, 111; empowers Marmont to treat for surrender, 111; Napoleon's rage at, 115; takes refuge in Switzerland, 135; assigned to the House of Peers, 160; president of the council of state, 169; advised to hold the legislature in hand, 216.

=Buonaparte, Josephine=, marital relations with _N._, i. 452-455; ii. 66, 84, 198, 256, 328; iii. 11, 26, 27, 160, 161, 179-181, 246, 247, 252-253; character, licentious conduct, jealousy, etc., i. 452-455; ii. 55, 84; iii. 11, 27, 92, 246, 247; domestic and social life, the imperial court, etc., i. 452-455; ii. 254-257, 279; iii. 91-94, 145; the divorce, its causes and decretal, i. 453, 454; ii. 66, 84, 256, 328; iii. 99, 160, 161, 179-181, 245-247, 252, 253; letters from _N._, i. 320, 452, 455; iii. 43, 60, 110; visits Rome, ii. 28; joins _N._ in Paris, Dec., 1797, 28; royalist intrigues with, 36; bids farewell to _N._ at Toulon, 55; influence over Gohier, 97; in pecuniary straits, 122; brings about marriage between Hortense and Louis Bonaparte, 257; fear of Talleyrand, 308; attitude in the Duc d'Enghien's case, 308; accompanies _N._ to Boulogne, 328; ecclesiastically married to _N._, 341; the coronation, 342-346; forbidden to follow her husband to Poland, iii. 27; reproaches _N._ with his amours, 27; travels through France, 74; accompanies _N._ to Bayonne, 142; _N.'s_ harsh treatment at Fontainebleau, 179; self-abasement of, 246; withdraws to Malmaison, 247; conducts negotiations for _N.'s_ Austrian marriage, 253; _N._ visits, after the divorce, 257; never preferred to power, 327.

=Buonaparte, Letizia=, death of, i. 34; tradition concerning birth of _N._, 39, 40; character, 40; iv. 137, 287; letter from _N._ to, i. 64; vicissitudes of fortune, 64, 65, 80, 96, 225, 291; ii. 95; iv. 287; her opinion of _N._, i. 84; settles near Toulon, 262; disapproves _N.'s_ marriage, 321; social influence, ii. 96; remark of Mme. Permon to, 130; distrusts _N.'s_ elevation, 258; residence in Corsica, 258; refuses to attend the coronation, 342; Princess Charlotte's sojourn with, iii. 130; attacks on her good name, iv. 137; visits _N._ at Elba, 142; thrift, 287; knowledge of _N.'s_ limitations, 287.

=Buonaparte, Louis= (brother of _N._), birth, i. 33; prospects, 80; loses appointment to artillery school, 88; remains at Brienne, 88; _N._ aids and protects, 89, 96, 140, 144, 147, 149, 150; fails to secure admission to Brienne, 96; certificate to his republicanism, 136; confirmed, 147; follows his brother's fortunes, 159, 263; idle career, 184; promoted adjutant-general of artillery, 238; ordered to Chalons as a cadet, 238; officer of home guard at Nice, 254; falls from favor, 254; lieutenant of artillery, 262; deprived of employment, 284; ordered to Chalons, 288, 291; promoted, 309; marries Hortense Beauharnais, ii. 257; iii. 269; his son Napoleon, ii. 282; created Constable of France, 323; iii. 96; at _N.'s_ coronation, ii. 342; declines the crown of Italy for his son, 352; made king of Holland, 397; iii. 25, 96, 269; ordered to hold the Rhine, ii. 424; character, iii. 25; reprimanded by _N._ for economy, 25; character of his reign, 25, 148, 270, 271, 276-278; letters from _N._, 140, 148, 276; relations with _N._, 82; assumes title of Louis Napoleon, 82; the Spanish crown offered to, 140; refuses the crown, 140, 207; loyalty to the Dutch, 140; violates the Continental System, 266; _N.'s_ affection for, 269; promoted general, 269; made councilor of state, 269; share in the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, 269; arrogates the royal dignity to himself, 270; _N.'s_ quarrel with, 269-277; _N._ offers to exchange the Hanseatic towns for Brabant and Zealand, 270; contemplates resistance to _N._, 270; reduced to the position of a French governor, 270, 271; prepares to defend Holland, 271; summoned to Paris, 270; complains of his queen Hortense, 270; virtually a prisoner in France, 270; submits to _N._, 271; permitted to return to Amsterdam, 271; opens negotiations with England, 271; continues to oppose _N._, 275, 276; flight to Teplitz, 276.

=Buonaparte, Louis Napoleon= (nephew of _N._, son of Louis; crown prince of Holland), created Grand Duke of Berg, iii. 279.

=Buonaparte, Lucien= (great-uncle of _N._), condition, i. 40; affection for his family, 65; illness of, 79, 84-89; political opinions, 115; death, 161.

=Buonaparte, Lucien= (brother of _N._), birth, i. 33; goes to Autun, 43; relations with _N._, 55, 89, 115; advancement for, 57; at Brienne, 81; turns toward the priesthood, 81; leaves Brienne, 88, 115; efforts to enter at Aix, 96; memoirs of _N._, 97, 98, 207, 316-319; ii. 265; independence of, i. 140; radical leader at Ajaccio, 184; letter to Costa, 187; in diplomatic service, 197; denounces Paoli, 197; at Toulon, 207; appropriates _N.'s_ birth certificate, 208; in commissary department, 208, 225; "the little Robespierre," 238; marriage, 254; deprived of employment, 284; destitution of, 288, 289; imprisoned at Aix, 291; liberated, 309; foments quarrels in Italy, ii. 87; political and social preferment, 95; member and president of the Five Hundred, 97, 105, 114-118; on the 19th Brumaire, 115-118; makes a dramatic scene at St. Cloud, 116; summons Bonapartist members of the Five Hundred to meet, 118; harangues the mutilated chambers, 123; minister of the interior, 131; suggests plebiscite on the question of life consulship, 245; declines to marry the queen of Etruria, 257; exiled, 257; second marriage, 257; democracy of, 257; in literary society, 257; at summit of his career, 257; French minister to Madrid, 257; dispute between _N._ and Joseph concerning marriage of, 308; the savior of _N.'s_ fortunes on the 18th Brumaire, 315; the right of imperial succession in his family, 322; created an imperial prince, 322; at Rome during _N.'s_ coronation, 342; proposal that he take the crown of Etruria, iii. 129; opposes hereditary consulate for _N._, 129; residence at Rome, 129; marries Mme. de Jauberthon, 129; refuses kingly honors, 129, 130; refuses to divorce his wife, 129, 130; character, 129, 135; interview with _N._ at Mantua, 129, 130; sails to the United States, 277; captured by the English, 277; Mme. de Staels complaint of _N._ to, 298, 299; fosters revolution in Rome, iv. 144; assigned to the House of Peers, 160; member of the council of state, 169; advises a dictatorship after Waterloo, 217; endeavors to solve the difficulties after Waterloo, 217; _N._ dictates his abdication to, 218.

=Buonaparte, Maria-Anna= (sister of _N._), i. 33.

=Buonaparte, Marie-Anne-Elisa= (sister of _N._), birth, i. 33; educated at Saint-Cyr, 55, 60, 62, 71; defective education, 71, 182; _N._ visits at St. Cyr, 176; quits St. Cyr and returns to Corsica, 182, 184; at Nice, 244; suitor for, 291; marriage to Felice Bacciocchi, 322;