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Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume IV

Note 157 — Chapter LX

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"Napoleon appointed Marshal Mortier governor of the capital. 'Above all,' said he to him, 'no pillage! For this you shall be answerable to me with your life. Defend Moscow against all, whether friend or foe.'"—Ségur, tom. ii., p. 38.

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