iii. 122;

enters Portugal, 157; defeats Junot at Vimeiro, 157; recalled to England and vindicated, 186; expels the French from Portugal, 236; prepares for invasion of Spain, 236; battle of Talavera, 236; withdraws before Soult, 237; created Duke of Wellington, 265; _See also_ =Wellington, Duke of=.

=Wellesley, Lord=, succeeds Canning as prime minister, iii. 272; Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 284; reinforces the army in Portugal, 284; succeeded by Castlereagh, 378.

=Wellington, Duke of= (_see also_ =Wellesley, Sir Arthur=), effect of Moore's spirit on, iii. 189; holds Portugal, 283; reinforced by Lord Hill, 283; battle of Talavera, 284, 287; battle of Busaco, 284; retreat down the Mondego, 284; constructs the lines of Torres Vedras, 285, 286; battle of Ocana, 287, 288; difficult position at Lisbon, 288; character, 288, 289; summons famine to his aid, 289; advances into Spain, 289; battles of Albuera and Fuentes de Onoro, 289; retreats to Portugal, 289; recaptures Almeida, 289; attacked by Lord Liverpool, 288; on Massena's stand, 289; battle of Salamanca, 290; storming of Badajoz, 290, 319; captures Ciudad Rodrigo, 290, 319; advances on the Duero, 290; period of inactivity, 290; returns to Portugal, 290; resumes the offensive, 290; between two fires, 290; demoralization of his army, 291; moves against Madrid, 290; defeats Marmont at Salamanca, 377; withdraws to the Portuguese frontier, 377; hampered by English political situation, 377, 378; reverses in the Peninsula, 392; battle of Vitoria, 420; threatens France, 420; successes in Spain, 420, 423; Spain rises to support, iv. 40; on the war in Spain, 52; signs conditions with _N._, 52; succeeds Castlereagh at Congress of Vienna, 145, 169; proposes to deport _N._ to St. Helena, 145; recalled by Lord Liverpool, 149; desires to take the field, 169; military genius, 169; plan of campaign of the Hundred Days, 169; dissatisfaction with his troops, 169; _N.'s_ position with regard to Bluecher and, 171; influence over troops, 172; relative strength in Waterloo campaign, 172; awaits developments, 172; reminiscences of Waterloo, 173, 178; relations with Bluecher, 176; interview between the Duke of Richmond and, at the ball, 178; indicates the battle-ground at Waterloo, 178; concentration of his troops, 178, 179; criticizes Bluecher's tactics, 181; meeting with Bluecher at Bry, 180; battle of Quatre Bras, 181-188; conversation with Col. Bowles, 184; retreat to Mont St. Jean, 185, 189; _N._ determines to attack, 185; apprehended junction of Bluecher and, 187, 190; his choice of position, 189 et seq., 193, 196, 213; proposes to fall back to Brussels, 190; strength at Waterloo, 190; Bluecher promises support, 190; Grouchy aims to prevent union between Bluecher and, 192; his resolution to give battle in front of Soignes, 192; his center at Mont St. Jean, 195; Gneisenau's doubt of his standing at Waterloo, 194; lack of confidence in the Dutch-Belgian troops, 195; headquarters at Waterloo, 195; lines of retreat, 195, 214; the plan of Waterloo, 197; battle of Waterloo, 199 et seq.; repeated calls for Bluecher, 204; stories of his anxiety, 207; his conduct of the Waterloo campaign, 213; faint-hearted cooeperation with Bluecher, 213; restores Louis XVIII, 220; danger of _N.'s_ surrender to, 323; share in the reconstruction of France, 225; alleged attempt to assassinate, 234.

=Wels=, Russian troops at, ii. 367.

=Wereja=, capture of the French garrison of, iii. 350.

=Werneck, Gen.=, capture of his division at Noerdlingen, ii. 367.

=Werther=, _N._ compared to, i. 81.

=Wesel=, ceded to France, ii. 390; French garrison at, 404, 416, 424; demand for its restoration to Prussia, 422.

=Weser, River=, French occupation of the coast near, iii. 266; territory on, offered to Sweden, 399.

=Western Empire=, accomplishment of _N.'s_ dream of, iii. 73; an end to the dreams of, 422.

=West Indies, the=, scheme for populating, ii. 236; English blockade of the French fleet in, 257; Jerome Buonaparte in, 257; England watches French policy concerning, 267; France looks to her power in, 280; _N.'s_ ambitions in, 289; French squadrons ordered to, 333; Nelson enticed to, 358; _N.'s_ ambitions in, iii. 308.

=Westphalia=, military movements in, ii. 425; organization of the kingdom of, iii. 56, 62; Jerome king of, 73, 279; war indemnity exacted from, 78; levy of troops in, 132, 322-324; sequestration of Frederick William's estates in, 162; insurrection in, 225; Schill's failure in, 233; scheme to incorporate part with France, 266; French occupation of, 307; French influence in, 423; flight of Jerome to France, iv. 40.

=West Prussia=, Lestocq's retreat through, ii. 435.

=Whitbread, Samuel=, on the French Revolution, ii. 144.

="White Terror," the=, i. 277; iv. 222.

=Whitworth, Lord=, character, ii. 267; ambassador to Paris, 266, 276; evades declaration of England's Maltese policy, 273; summoned to the Tuileries, Feb. 17, 1803, 280-282; at consular levee of March 13, 1803, 280-282; his attitude, 284, 285; on _N.'s_ reception of April 4, 284; reports on France's naval preparations, 284; publication of his despatches in England, 284; _N.'s_ declarations to, on subject of invading England, 290; a diplomatic method of, iii. 418.

=Wiazma=, battle of, iii. 350.

=Wieland, C. M.=, interview with _N._ at Wiemar, iii. 174; decorated at Erfurt, 176; estimate of _N.'s_ influence, 322.

=Wilberforce, William=, deprecates war with France, ii. 285.

=Willach= (Carinthia), ceded to France, iii. 239.

=Willenberg=, military movements near, iii. 13.

=William, Prince= (of Prussia), mission to Paris, iii. 178; in battle of Waterloo, iv. 205.

="William the Conqueror," by Duval=, ii. 350.

=Willot, Gen.=, proposes to destroy the Directory, ii. 78; suspected of plotting against _N._, 303.

=Wilson, Sir Robert=, endeavors to reorganize the Russian army, iii. 351.

=Wintzengerode=, captures Soissons, iv. 77; defeated near St. Dizier, 95.

=Wischau=, junction of Austrian and Russian troops at, ii. 379.

=Wittau=, military operations near, iii. 227.

=Wittenberg=, captured by Davout, ii. 436; French forces at, iii. 393; French occupation of, iv. 2; military movements near, 14.

=Wittgenstein, Gen.=, in the Russian campaign, iii. 341; menaces the French left, 350; resumes offensive against Saint-Cyr, 359; checked by Victor and Saint-Cyr, 361; pursuit of the French army, 366, 383; Victor ordered to hold back, 368; at the passage of the Beresina, 370; defeats Victor at Borrissoff, 370; bad generalship of, 374, 383, 384; losses in the Russian campaign, 383; fails to cut off Macdonald's retreat, 384; commanding the allied army, 403; the battle of Luetzen, 405; loses his command, 411; commanding Army of the East, iv. 3; battle of Leipsic, 29; driven from Nangis, 72.

=Wkra, River=, bridging of the, iii. 2.

=Wolkousky, Prince P. M.=, in military council with Alexander I, iv. 98.

=Women=, _N.'s_ attitude toward, and ideas concerning, i. 138, 143, 256, 311, 317, 448; ii. 197, 198, 255; iii. 326, 327; education of, ii. 225, 226; demands of German social custom on, iii. 259, 260.

=Wrede, Gen.=, in campaign of Eckmuehl, iii. 206; movements before Ratisbon, 209; defeated by Hiller at Erding, 212; battle of Wagram, 229; reaches Vilna, 373; commanding Bavarian troops, iv. 35.

=Wright, Capt.=, lands the Cadoudal conspirators in France, ii. 297, 298; Savary suspected of complicity in death of, 412.

=Wurmser, Gen.=, _N.'s_ operations against, i. 350; sent to reinforce Beaulieu, 357; military genius, 378; marches to relief of Mantua, 378 et seq.; operations on Lake Garda, 381-383; attempts to succor Mantua, 383, 384; operations on the Brenta, 384; advance-guard captured at Primolano, 384; defeated at Bassano, 384; demoralization of his army, 384; makes ineffectual sally from Mantua, 392; besieged in Mantua, his defense and surrender, 406-418; _N.'s_ generosity to, 417, 418.

=Wuertemberg=, makes peace with France (1796), i. 385, 450; grants to the Grand Duke of, ii. 265; relations with Russia, 266; French march through, 363; friendly relations with and subservience to France, 377, 402; iii. 279; created an independent kingdom, ii. 391, 398; acquires territory after Austerlitz, 391; member of the Confederation of the Rhine, 402, 403; supplies contingents to _N.'s_ armies, ii. 404; iii. 3, 322, 324, 394; Maria Louisa's progress through, iii. 256; allotment of Austrian lands to, 266; turns from _N._ to the allies, iv. 40; position in Germany, 298.

=Wuertemberg, Princess Catherine of=, marries Jerome Napoleon, iii. 93, 94.

=Wuerzburg=, seized by Jourdan, i. 385; reported French occupation of, ii. 420; _N.'s_ base, 424; French forces at, iii. 393.

Y

="Yamacks," the=, iii. 162.

=Yarmouth, Lord=, negotiates for peace, ii. 400, 401, 404.

=Yelin=, author of "Germany in her Deepest Humiliation," ii. 417.

=Yermoloff, Gen.=, pursuit of the French army by, iii. 383.

=Yonne, River=, military operations on the, iv. 116, 157.

=York, Duke of=, besieges Dunkirk, i. 222; defeated by Brune at Bergen, ii. 93, 323; capitulates at Alkmaar, 93.

=York, Gen.=, in correspondence with Alexander I, iii. 384; concludes convention of Tauroggen, 385, 392, 395; nominally degraded, 385; desertion of the French cause, 393; his action approved by the Estates of eastern Prussia, 397; battle of Bautzen, 410; battle of Leipsic, iv. 30; reinforces Bluecher at Montmirail, 63; held by Mortier, 74; routs Marmont at Athies, 79; quits Bluecher's army, but returns, 80.

="Young Guard,"= the, iii. 222; battle of Luetzen, 405; battle of Dresden, iv. 9; ordered to Bautzen, 18; at Dresden, 21; under command of Ney, 72; Victor commanding portion of, 72; "melts like snow," 78; _N._ reviews, 117; battle of Waterloo, 205.

Z

=Zaborowski=, _N._ seeks service with, i. 217.

=Zach, Gen.=, in battle of Marengo, ii. 180.

=Zacharias, Pope=, on kingly power, ii. 325.

=Zamosc=, held by the French, iii. 402.

=Zampaglini=, Corsican patriot brigand, i. 139.

=Zante=, France's jealous care of, ii. 32.

=Zealand=, French occupation of, iii. 270; _N.'s_ offer to exchange it for Hanseatic towns, 270.

=Zembin=, the Emperor's retreat through, iii. 370.

=Ziethen, Gen. J. J.=, in Waterloo campaign, iv. 172; at Charleroi, 173; at Fleurus, 173, 174; battle of Waterloo, 204, 205.

=Zittau=, French advance from Dresden to, iv. 6; Bluecher's road to, blocked by Lauriston, 8.

=Znaim=, military operations near, ii. 367; Kutusoff's retreat to, 379; Charles withdraws toward, iii. 230; fighting at, 230; French repulse at, 235; the armistice of, 241, 251.

=Zorndorf=, battle of, iv. 267.

=Zuerich=, the plundering of, ii. 40; battles of, 93, 141; Army of the Reserve ordered to, 164, 169; Massena's victory at, 323.