England and Napoleon (1801-1815)

Note 19 — MAJOR VIVIAN’S INTERVIEW WITH NAPOLEON IN ELBA (JANUARY, 1815). Source.—J. H. Rose: Pitt and Napoleon. G. Bell and Sons, 1912. Pp. 170-172, and 173, 174.

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A gross exaggeration. Napoleon probably referred to Blücher’s surrender near Lübeck in November, 1806, and his defeat at Vauchamps in February, 1814.—J. H. R.

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