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

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Bernadotte to concentrate in, iii. 203; Saxon troops in, 203; _N.'s_ strategy at, 216; seized by the Duke of Brunswick, 234; meeting of the allied sovereigns at, 330; the climax of the Napoleonic drama, 330; iv. 16; _N.'s_ incognito journey through, iii. 375; interview between _N._ and Metternich at, 389; interview between _N._ and Frederick Augustus at, 394; French forces at, 393; Eugene to hold, 393-394; welcomes Alexander and Frederick William III, 399; discontent at military occupation, 399; retreat of the allies behind, 406; destruction and rebuilding of the bridges at, 406, 407; French occupation of, 408, 409; defense of, iv. 2, 13, 17, 18; held by Saint-Cyr, 7; French advance to Zittau from, 6; menaced by the allies, 7; battle of, 8-13, 17-19; demoralization of the army after, 12; _N.'s_ mistakes after, 14-16; _N.'s_ physical ailments at, 12, 16; _N.'s_ successes at, 20, 21; Schwarzenberg moves on, 18; Oudinot at, 21; Bluecher advances on, 20; boy soldiers at, 21; _N.'s_ retreat from, 22-24; _N.'s_ scheme to hold, 23; Frederick's love for, 25; French garrison in, 25-27; Maret's influence over _N._ at, 69; _N._ acknowledges his mistake in not making peace at, 135.

=Drissa=, weakness of, iii. 336; Bagration establishes communication with, 336.

=Drouot, Gen. A.=, in battle of Austerlitz, ii. 387; battle of Leipsic, iv. 28, 32; advises a return to Lorraine, 116; attachment to _N._, 118; strength after the surrender of Paris, 118; accompanies _N._ to Elba, 134; advises against the escape from Elba, 153.

=Dueben=, _N._ at, iv. 25.

=Dubois, Gen.=, in battle of Waterloo, iv. 203.

=Duclos's "Memoirs of the Reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV,"= _N.'s_ study of, i. 150.

=Duero, River=, military movements on the, iii. 157, 159, 290.

=Dufresne=, ii. 214.

=Dugommier, Gen. J. F.=, appointed commander-in-chief before Toulon, i. 229; influence at Toulon, 232.

=Dugua, Gen. C. F. J.=, service in Egypt, ii. 53; in battle of the Pyramids, 60.

=Duhesme, Gen. P. G.=, invades Spain, iii. 132; at Barcelona, 132; occupies Catalonia, 155, 156; evacuates Catalonia, 157; besieged in Barcelona, 183; in battle of Waterloo, iv. 205.

=Dulaure's "History of the Nobility,"= _N.'s_ study of, i. 150.

=Dumanoir, Adm.=, at Trafalgar, ii. 374.

=Dumolard, J. V.=, interpellates the government as to _N.'s_ independence, ii. 3.

=Dumoulin, Jean=, comes to _N.'s_ aid at Laffray, iv. 156.

=Dumouriez, Charles F.=, takes part in the conquest of Corsica, i. 120; on the northeastern frontier, 184; wins battle of Jemmapes, 194; defection of, 198; correspondence with Nelson, ii. 303; suspected of royalist plots, 303, 305.

=Duenaburg=, preparations for the siege of, iii. 333; Ney advances toward, 336.

=Duncan, Adm. Adam=, wins the battle of Camperdown, ii. 38.

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

=Dunkirk=, besieged by Duke of York, i. 222.

=Duphot, Gen. L.=, affianced to Desiree Clary, ii. 39, 43; killed at Rome, 39.

=Dupont, Gen. Pierre=, in battle of Friedland, iii. 31; ordered to invade Spain, 128; invades Spain, 132; advances on Andalusia, 156; holds the Tagus, 156; capitulates at Baylen, 156, 157, 159, 167.

=Durango=, Blake advances from, iii. 184.

=Duroc, Gen. G. C. M.=, wounded at Acre, ii. 76; _N.'s_ aide-de-camp, 101; _N.'s_ envoy to Prussia, 156, 282; Grand Marshal of the Palace, 324; offers Hanover to Prussia, 362; personal attendance on _N._, 425; proposes terms after Tilsit, iii. 36; blamed for Queen Louisa's failure, 62; proposes indemnity for Maria Louisa, 67; created Duke of Friuli, 86; at Bayonne, 144; foresees France's discontent, 326; killed at Reichenbach, 410-411; _N.'s_ grief for, 411; _N._ contributes to monument to, iv. 5; _N._ proposes to take the name of, 221.

=Duerrenstein=, destruction of Mortier's division at, ii. 368, 378.

=Durutte, Gen. J. F.=, sent to Ligny, iv. 181; battle of Waterloo, 201, 202, 205, 206, 210.

=Duesseldorf=, Jourdan's army at, i. 347; Jourdan crosses the Rhine at, 385.

=Dutch Flanders=, ceded to France, i. 276.

=Duteil=, _N.'s_ acquaintance with, i. 95; _N._ seeks aid from, 157; grants _N._ permission to sail for Corsica, 180.

=Duteil, Gen. J.=, general of artillery before Toulon, i. 229; on _N.'s_ ability, 232.

=Dutheil, N. F.=, devises plan of campaign for Austria and England, i. 342.

=Dutot=, takes _N.'s_ place in the West, i. 293.

=Duval's "William the Conqueror,"= ii. 350.

=Duvernet's "History of the Sorbonne,"= _N.'s_ study of, i. 150.

=Dwina, River=, fortifications on the, iii. 315; military movements on the, 337, 341, 359. 361.

=Dyle, River=, military movements on the, iv. 188, 190.

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=East, the=, _N.'s_ attention turned toward, i. 78; _N.'s_ comparison of Europe with, ii. 46; _N.'s_ dreams of empire in. _See also_ =Napoleon=.

=East Friesland=, scheme to incorporate it with France, iii. 266.

=East Galicia=, part of, ceded to Warsaw, iii. 239.

=East India Company=, lends the island of St. Helena to the government, iv. 225.

=East Indies=, England watches French policy concerning, ii. 267.

=East Prussia=, Ney moves on, iii. 8.

=Ebelsberg=, battle of, iii. 211.

=Ebrington, Lord=, _N.'s_ characterization of Cornwallis to, ii. 263; _N.'s_ declaration to, concerning the Duc d'Enghien, 311.

=Ebro, River=, military movements on, iii. 133, 157, 159, 183; proposed exchange of territory on, 133; boundary of French annexed territory, 278.

=Ecclesiastical princes=, _N._ on the status of, ii. 27.

=Ecclesiastical principalities=, secularization of, on the Rhine, ii. 193.

=Ecclesiasticism=, _N.'s_ confusion of ideas concerning, i. 76.

=Eckmuehl=, the campaign of, iii. 202 et seq.

=Education=, demands for, in Corsica, i. 117; _N.'s_ interest in, system and reforms of, 176; ii. 225-228, 318, 408; iii. 26, 89-91; iv. 260.

=Egalite, Philip=, member of the National Convention, i. 188.

=Egle, Mme.=, guardian of the Beauharnais children, i. 314.

=Egypt=, _N.'s_ plans of conquest of, i. 424; ii. 17, 33, 46-54, 289; iii. 106; scandals of Mameluke administration in, ii. 17, 47; French schemes of conquest, 16, 46-54; iii. 112, 114; importance of, ii. 46; rebellion in, 47; the expeditionary forces, 48-54; scholastic branch of the expedition, 53; plunder of, 55-57, 67; departure of expedition from Toulon, 55; character of the population, 57; the Mamelukes, 58; terrors of the campaign, 59; the army disheartened, 61; Nelson follows the French fleet to, 62; _N.'s_ rule in, 65-67; _N.'s_ religious masquerading in, 65-67; establishment of printing-presses in, 66; insurrection suppressed in, 67; establishment of an Institute in, 66; dearth of news from France, 67, 78; rumors of _N.'s_ death in, 68; despatches from France, Feb., 1799, 72; _N._ given leave to remain in, 73; importance of _N.'s_ conquering, 73; Turkish preparations for the relief of, 74; attempted risings in, 76; Adm. Bruix sent to relieve the army in, 79; _N._ returns from, 80-85; the colonial idea, 81; the turning-point of success in, 81; Kleber prepares to evacuate, 143; Desaix recalled from, 177; desperate situation of the French in, 181; Kleber's administration in, 181; assassination of Kleber, 181; French disasters in, 210; restored to Turkey, 211; England to evacuate, 262; Turkey's suzerainty over, 262; question of reestablishing French colonies in, 273; _N._ disclaims designs on, 280; _N.'s_ irritation at England's occupation of, 280; Davout's campaign in, 323; _N.'s_ immoralities in, 328; plan to allure Nelson to, 331; the object of the expedition against, 337; English commerce with, iii. 48; English expedition to seize, 100; French expedition against, in 1811, 308; the tactics of the army in, adopted in Russia, 359; _N.'s_ desertion of the army in, likened to his conduct at Smorgoni, 375; work on, compiled by _N.'s_ order, iv. 219; history of, 293.

=Eichstaedt=, portion of, acquired by Grand Duke of Tuscany, ii. 266; ceded to Bavaria, 391.

=Eisdorf=, fighting at, iii. 406.

=Eisenach=, military movements near, ii. 425, 427; the allies outwitted at, iv. 35.

=El Arish=, siege and surrender of, ii. 69; massacre of the garrison, 70; treaty between Sir Sidney Smith and Kleber at, 181.

=Elba=, _N.'s_ literary labors at, i. 177; iv. 159, 230-232; secured to France, ii. 204; France to evacuate, 262; Countess Walewska follows _N._ to, iii. 11; iv. 143; the sentence of exile to, iv. 129; the monarch of, 129, 133, 151; _N.'s_ journey to, 134-141; possibility of her not receiving the imperial exile, 135; imperialist and royalist sentiment in, 141; _N._ begins his new administration, 141; _N.'s_ life in, 141 et seq.; Bourbon spies in, 142; visitors to, 143; scheme to deport _N._ from, 145; _N.'s_ escape from, 152-154; the naval patrol at, 153; _N.'s_ monograph on, 232.

=Elbe, River, the=, the Prussian base on, ii. 428; key to the valley of, 437; English blockade of, 441; iii. 48; western boundary of Prussia, 56; commanded by fortress of Magdeburg, 56, 57; the kingdom of Westphalia created on, 56, 73; preparations to oppose English landing on, 72; French occupation of the coast near, 266; military movements on, 393, 396, 406, 407; iv. 2, 6-9, 18, 20-26; scheme of Hanoverian extension on, 399; territory on, offered to Sweden, 399; French recovery of the lower part, 407; boundary of a neutral zone, 414; exhaustion of the French on, iv. 19; French garrisons on, 35.

=Elbing=, military movements near, iii. 8, 13.

=Elchingen=, Ney created Duke of, iii. 86. _See also_ =Ney=.

="Elective Affinities,"= iii. 172.

=Electoral Colleges=, ii. 247.

=Eliot, Sir Gilbert=, viceroy of Corsica, i. 261.

=Elliott=, killed at Arcole, i. 399.

=Elsfleth=, escape of the Black Legion to, iii. 234.

=Elster, River, the=, military operations on, iii. 404, 405; iv. 20-21, 27-30, 33-34.

=Elysee, the=, _N._ takes up residence at, iv. 159; _N._ returns from Waterloo to, 216, 218.

=Embabeh=, battle of, ii. 59.

=Embargo=, the, ii. 287, 389, 400, 441.

=Emigrants=, plots by, i. 172, 277, 325; ii. 303; confiscation of property of, and harsh legislation against, i. 172, 305, 316; ii. 94, 219; the aristocrats of the, i. 213; _N.'s_ speculation in lands of, 288; attitude of the Directory toward, ii. 2, 36; _N.'s_ secret dealings with, 9; Talleyrand among the, 33; encouraged to return, amnesty to, and indemnity for, 130, 245, 324; 411; _N._ complains of England harboring, 271; _N._ demands their expulsion from Naples, 357; return to France under Louis XVIII, iv. 146; banished again from France, 157.

=Emigration, the=, i. 109, 152, 155, 268.

=Emperor of the Two Americas=, the, iii. 120.

=Empire=, the French use of the term, ii. 248.

=Empire of the West=, _N._ threatens to resuscitate the, ii. 272.

=Engen=, battle of, ii. 166.

=Enghien, Duc d'=, arrest and murder of, i. 179; ii. 241, 304-309, 312, 316, 331, 412; iii. 107; iv. 138; monarchical schemes and plots of, ii. 239, 240, 301-305; character, 301; married to Princess Rohan-Rochefort, 301; seeks service with England, 302; residence at Ettenheim, 302-306; prepares to retire to Freiburg, 302; _N._ examines papers of, 305; _N._ defends the execution of, 310; _N._ blames Talleyrand for his murder, 311; iii. 197; statements concerning _N.'s_ connection with his murder, 196, 197; _N.'s_ self-blame for murder of, iv. 233.

=England=, France's emulation of, i. 22; hampered by parliamentary opposition and American disquiet, 22; the American uprising against, 23, 24; Paoli's relations with, asylum in, and aid from, 23, 124, 169, 196-198, 205-207, 260; gives aid to, establishes protectorate over, and takes possession of Corsica, 23, 119, 190, 205-207, 256-262; transformation of parties in, 24; _N.'s_ study of history of, 78, 95, 114, 156; sympathy with France in, 142; French admirers of the constitution of, 143; constitutional government in, 152; closes the Scheldt, 194; republican ideas in, 195; effect of execution of Louis XVI in, 195; hostility between France and, 195, 324; ii. 32, 35, 144, 208, 269, 273-285, 400, 401, 441; iii. 64, 110, 378; _N.'s_ ideas of serving, i. 207, 216, 317; ii. 15; iv. 255; subsidizes European powers, i. 221; ii. 146, 187, 208, 263, 351, 358, 360, 375, 401, 421; iii. 284, 294, 398, 399, 417, 422-425;