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

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on position of the Navarrese, 120; plea for Corsica in the National Assembly, 120; share in the conquest of Corsica, 120; inspires amnesty to Paoli, 120, 124; leads the National Assembly against Buttafuoco, 135; military reforms of, 142; succeeds Necker, 153; death, 153; opinion of Talleyrand, ii. 33; statue at the Tuileries, 147; his politics to be ignored, iii. 27.

=Miranda=, Bessieres at, iii. 183.

=Mississippi, River, the=, the United States acquires control of, ii. 289.

=Mittau=, Louis XVIII at, iii. 52.

=Mlawa=, military operations near, iii. 13.

=Moeckern=, military operations near, iv. 27, 30.

=Modena=, intrigue in the court of, i. 345; held to ransom, 374, 375; the armistice with, broken, 401; Austria's protectorate over, 425; Austria seeks to retain, 438; disposition by treaty of Leoben, 438; incorporated into the Cisalpine Republic, ii. 21; _N.'s_ bad faith with, 144.

=Modena, Duke of=, attempts to bribe _N._, i. 366, 445; destruction of his government, 374; driven from his throne, 401.

=Modlin=, French military stores in, iii. 333; held by the French, 402.

=Mohileff=, French garrison in, iii. 341.

=Mohrungen=, skirmish at, iii. 10.

=Moldavia=, Russian ambition to possess, ii. 356; iii. 98, 105, 116, 176, 248, 310; dismissal of the Turkish viceroy of, ii. 441; alleged concession of, to Russia, iii. 55; Russian evacuation of, 64; _N._ offers to offset Silesia against Wallachia and, 107, 108, 113; Russia threatened with the loss of, 314.

=Moliere, J. B.=, scene from "Tartufe," iii. 380.

=Molitor, Gen. G. J. J.=, in battle of Aspern, iii. 220.

=Moellendorf, Gen. R. J. H.=, Prussian commander, ii. 419.

=Mollien, N. F.=, director of public debt, ii. 220; keeper of the army-chest, 409, 410; minister of the treasury, 410; advises against war, iii. 308; protests against issue of paper money, 389; remark of _N._ to, iv. 159; member of _N.'s_ new cabinet, 159.

=Monaco, Prince of=, brought as prisoner to _N._, iv. 154.

=Moncey, Gen.=, crosses the St. Gotthard, ii. 170, 172; created marshal, 323; created Duke of Conegliano, iii. 86; invades Spain, 132; defeated at Valencia, 154; advances on Valencia, 156; at Madrid, 156; at Tafalla, 183; moves against Castanos, 185; besieges Saragossa, 186; at review of the Guard at Fontainebleau, iv. 118; recreated marshal, 167.

=Mondego, River=, Wellington retreats down the, iii. 284.

=Mondovi=, battle of, i. 354, 355.

=Money-lenders=, _N.'s_ hatred for, ii. 122.

=Monfalcone=, ceded to France, iii. 239.

=Monge, Gaspard=, _N.'s_ mathematical teacher, i. 181; minister of the navy, 181; founds the Polytechnic School, 281; plunders Italian scientific collections, 369; carries treaty of Campo Formio to the Directory, ii. 24; warlike declaration against England, 32; elaborates plan for operations, in the Mediterranean, 33; accompanies _N._ on his return from Alexandria, 81; member of the senate, 151; _N.'s_ friendship with, 335; created baron, iii. 297.

="Moniteur," the=, records "Buona Parte's" action at Toulon, i. 230; records _N.'s_ daily life, ii. 30; on the events of the 18th Brumaire, 106; excites warlike feeling in France (1800), 146; attacks England, 271, 294; publishes Sebastiani's report, 273; on the imperial court at Aachen, 339; threatens Austria, 361; on the field of Austerlitz, 391; insults Prussia, 400; announces the position of the Napoleonic princes, iii. 82; announces the fall of the House of Braganza, 121; justifies French invasion of Spain, 133; publishes "authorized" reports of the Spanish failure, 197; on Austrian aggressions, 213; announces the annexation of Holland, 277; _N._ offers Alexander the use of, 315; proclamation to the National Guard, March 8, 1815, iv. 145.

=Monk, Gen. George=, _N._ is offered the role of, ii. 9; Massena fitted for the role, 94; _N._ compared with, 230; Marmont emulates the role, iv. 120, 125.

=Monnier, Gen. J. C.=, in battle of Marengo, ii. 119.

=Monroe, James=, President of United States, understanding with England, iii. 48.

=Monroe Doctrine, the=, iv. 298.

=Montalivet, Comte J. P. B.=, member of the Empress-regent's council, iv. 106.

=Mont Blanc, Department of=, i. 222.

=Montbrun, Gen. L. P.=, commanding cavalry in Russian campaign of, 1812, iii. 324.

=Mont Cenis pass=, the, crossed by _N._, ii. 27; crossed by Turreau, 170, 172; Austrian watch on, 170; the road over, 349; iii. 74.

=Monte Albaredo=, the French pass over, ii. 171.

=Monte Baldo=, military operations near, i. 380, 388, 410-414.

=Montebello=, the Austrian retreat toward, i. 392; _N.'s_ residence at, 447, 452, 455, 456; Josephine at, 455; Genoese embassy to, ii. 11; engagements near, 176; battle of, 196; Lannes created Duke of, iii. 86. _See also_ =Lannes=.

=Monte Legino=, Rampon's stand at, i. 356, 393.

=Montenotte=, battle of, i. 353; iv. 65.

=Montereau=, military movements near, iv. 65, 68; Victor ordered to seize, 71; besieged by the Crown Prince of Wuertemberg, 72; battle of, 72, 73; captured by the French, 72, 73.

=Monte Rotondo=, Carlo Buonaparte at, i. 31.

=Montesquieu, C. de S.=, views on Corsica, i. 19; _N.'s_ views on his political speculations, ii. 49, 51; _N.'s_ study of, 54; on human ambition, iii. 82; _N.'s_ admiration for, 176; "Grandeur and Fall of the Romans," iv. 69.

=Montesquiou, A. A. A.=, royalist intrigues of, iv. 107; member of the executive commission, 115.

=Montesquiou, Mme. de=, governess to the King of Rome, iv, 53.

=Montgelas, M. J. G.=, Bavarian minister of state, iii. 179.

=Mont Genevre=, building a road over, ii. 349.

=Montholon, Charles=, the "Manuscrit de l'Ile d'Elbe" attributed to,