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The History of Napoleon Buonaparte

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Abercrombie, Sir Ralph, in Egypt, 164

Aberdeen, Earl of, 399

Aboukir, battle of, 95;

Turks defeated at, 107

Acre, siege of, 101, 102

Alexander, Emperor of Russia, resents the murder of the Duke d'Enghien, 210;

stimulates King of Prussia against Napoleon, 211;

meets Napoleon at Tilsit, 254

Alexandria captured by French, 89;

battle of, 164

Allies approach Paris, 420;

their proclamation, 427;

enter Paris, 429;

refuse to treat with Napoleon, 430;

resolved to restore Louis XVIII., 430

Almeida, siege of, 327

Aloys Reding, 178

Alps, passage of the, 143-145

Alvinzi, Marshal, opposes Napoleon, 50, et seq.

Amiens, peace of, 166, 168;

rupture of treaty of, 187

Ancona occupied by French, 61

Andalusia, Dupont marches into, 279

Andreossi, General, 30

Antommarchi, Dr., 501

Arcola, Napoleon's narrow escape at, 54;

three battles at, 52-54

Arnott, Dr., 493, 500

Asperne, battle of, 300, 301

Augereau, General, 24, 44, 61;

made Marshal, 207

Austerlitz, battle of, 223

Austria, Venice handed over to, 75;

declares war against France, 296, 382

Badajos taken by Lord Wellington, 329

Bagrathion, General, 344;

death of, 347

Baird, General, 165

Barclay de Tolly, 337

Barras, 20, 21

Bassano, battle of, 48

Bavaria, Elector of, created King, 225

Bautzen, battle of, 379

Baylen, battle of, 279

Beauharnois, Eugene, first meeting with Napoleon, 22:

appointed Viceroy of Italy, 209;

marries daughter of King of Bavaria, 225

Beauharnois, Hortense, marries Louis Buonaparte, 310;

her intrigues, 314

Beauharnois, Josephine, first meeting with Napoleon, 22;

marries Napoleon, 23;

her influence, 23, 310;

her court at Montebello, 74;

her extravagance, 134;

divorced, 309;

her death, 437

Beaulieu, 26, 27;

superseded by Wurmser, 42

Bennigsen, General, 244-252

Beresina, passage of the, 365

Berlin decrees, 240

Bernadotte, his conduct on 18th Brumaire, 119;

made Marshal, 207;

created Prince of Corvo, 226;

elected Crown Prince of Sweden, 317;

Napoleon's conduct towards, 332;

lands in Germany, 375

Berri, Duke of, 458

Berthier made Marshal, 207;

created Prince of Neufchatel, 226

Bertrand, General, 438

Bessieres, made Marshal, 207;

death of, 377

Blucher, General, opposes Napoleon, 374, et seq.;

at Ligny and Waterloo, 466, et seq.

Borodino, battle of, 347

Boulogne, flotilla of, 166, 191

Bourbons, restoration of, 435

Bourienne, De, 4, 7, 67, 105

Braganzas, flight of the, 267

Brienne, battle of, 407

Brueyes, Admiral, 94, 95

Brumaire, revolution of 18th, 119

Buonaparte, Charles, 1

Buonaparte, Eliza, made Princess of Lucca. 226

Buonaparte, Jerome, made King of Westphalia, 255

Buonaparte, Joseph, made King of Naples, 225;

made King of Spain, 274;

leaves Madrid, 280;

civil commander of Paris, 406;

flight from Paris, 423

Buonaparte, Louis, made King of Holland, 226;

deposed by Napoleon and retires to Gratz, 314

Buonaparte, Lucien, president of Council of Five Hundred, 115;

conduct on 19th Brumaire, 121;

his pamphlet, 158;

ambassador to Spain, 159;

quits France for England, 323

Buonaparte, Napoleon, birth and parentage, 1;

education at Brienne, 3, 4;

at Paris, 5;

appointed second lieutenant of artillery, 6;

political views, 6;

made captain of artillery, 6;

De Bourienne's description of, 7;

first military service, 8;

commands artillery at Toulon, 9;

wounded at Toulon, 12;

surveys Mediterranean coast fortifications, 14;

chief of battalion in army of Italy, 15;

is superseded, 15;

in love with Mdlle. Clery, 16;

at Paris, 16;

refuses to go to La Vendée, 16;

name erased from list of officers, 16;

asks to be sent to Turkey, 16;

commands artillery brigade, 17;

commands army of interior, 21;

meets Josephine, 22;

marries Josephine, 23;

commands army of Italy, 24;

at Monte Notte, 27;

at Millesimo, 27;

at Mondovi, 28;

dictates peace to Sardinia, 28;

crosses the Po, 30;

at the bridge of Lodi, 31;

enters Milan, 33;

seizes works of art, 34;

suspected by the Directory, 35;

crosses the Mincio, 36;

escapes capture at Valleggio, 37;

besieges Mantua, 38;

insults Venice, 39;

peace with Sicily, 39;

grants respite to Pope, 40;

seizes Leghorn and enters Florence, 40;

policy in Italy, 41;

at battle of Lonato and narrow escape, 44, 45;

defeats Wurmser, 45;

marches on Mantua, 46;

at Roveredo, 47;

at Primolano and Bassano, 48;

escapes capture at Arcola, 49;

sends expedition to Corsica, 50;

at Arcola, 52;

life saved by Muiron, 54;

forms new Italian republics, 55;

at battle of Rivoli, 57;

grants terms to Mantua, 60;

wars against the Pope, 61;

treaty of Tollentino, 63;

at battle of Tagliamento, 65;

treaty of Leoben, 67;

conquers Venice, 69;

offered bribes, 70;

discovers Pichegru's intrigues, 70;

at Montebello, 74;

treaty of Campo-Formio, 75;

at congress at Rastadt, 78;

returns to Paris, 79;

conduct in Paris, 79, 80;

appointed to command army for invasion of England, 83;

opinion of projected invasion, 84;

suggests seizure of Malta and invasion of Egypt, 85;

forms troop of "Savans," 86;

at Toulon, 86;

embarks for Egypt, 87;

captures Malta, 88;

escapes Nelson and takes Alexandria, 89;

conduct in Egypt, 89-92;

at the Pyramids, 93;

enters Cairo, 94;

administration in Egypt, 96;

remarks on battle of Aboukir, 96;

quells insurrection at Cairo, 98;

explores isthmus of Suez, 99;

visits Mount Sinai and explores Red Sea, 99;

marches for Syria, 99;

captures El-Arish, Gazah and Jaffa, 100;

orders massacre of prisoners, 100;

besieges Acre, 101;

rescues Junot at Nazareth and Kleber at Mount Tabor, 102;

retreats to Jaffa, 104;

massacres Turkish prisoners, 104;

arrives at Alexandria and defeats Turks at Aboukir, 107;

embarks for France, 109;

instructions to Kleber, 109, 110;

occupations on voyage, 113;

lands at Frejus, 114;

reception by Directory in Paris, 114;

conduct on 18th Brumaire, 118;

commands troops in Paris, 118;

enters Council of Five Hundred, 121;

dissolves Council and establishes provisional consulate, 123;

at the Luxembourg, 124;

re-opens churches, 126;

pacifies Chouans, 127;

made Chief Consul, 129;

occupies the Tuileries, 131;

writes to King of England, 136;

at Dijon, 142;

crosses the Alps, 143;

takes St. Bard, 146;

enters Milan, 149;

at Marengo, 151;

establishes Cisalpine Republic, 154;

arrives in Paris, 155;

attempted assassination, 157;

conduct towards the Pope, 162;

prepares to invade England, 165;

peace with England, 166;

his court, 169;

allows emigrants to return, 169;

re-establishes Catholic religion, 170;

concordat with Pope, 171;

institutes Legion of Honour, 175;

First Consul for life, 176;

Grand Mediator of Helvetic Republic, 178;

sends expedition to St. Domingo, 178;

banishes negroes, 180;

negotiates with Louis XVIII., 183;

arrests English subjects, 187;

seizes Hanover and Naples, 189;

prepares to invade England, 190;

conspiracy against him, 194;

condemns the Duke d'Enghien, 198;

declared Emperor, 206;

at Boulogne and Aix-la-Chapelle, 207;

crowned in Notre Dame, and at Milan, 208;

heads army in Germany, 212;

enters Vienna, 215;

at Austerlitz, 221;

offers Hanover to Prussia, 224;

confers crowns on his relatives, 226;

at Jena, 234;

exactions in Prussia, 238;

robs monument of Frederick the Great, 239;

issues decrees of Berlin, 240;

takes Warsaw, 244;

at battle of Preuss-Eylau, 247;

meets Russian Emperor at Tilsit, 254;

his administration in France, 259-264;

relations with Spain, 265, et seq.;

at Erfurt, 288;

at Vittoria, 289;

at Samosierra, 290;

takes Madrid and abolishes Inquisition, 292;

leaves Spain, 295;

in Germany, 296;

at battle of Eckmuhl, 297;

wounded at Ratisbonne, 298;

takes Vienna, 298;

at Asperne and Essling, 301;

at Wagram, 302;

attempted assassination, 305;

decree against the Pope, 306;

concludes peace with Austria, 307;

divorces Josephine, 311;

marries Maria Louisa, 312;

deposes his brother Louis, 314;

annexes Holland, 315;

birth of his son, 320;

prepares for war with Russia, 324;

at Dresden, 336;

at Dantzick, 337;

address to his army, 337;

passes the Niemen, 340;

at Wilna, 341;

marches for Moscow, 344;

at battle of Borodino, 346;

enters Moscow, 348;

at the Kremlin, 349;

retreats from Moscow, 355;

at Verreia, 357;

at Smolensko, 358;

sufferings of his army, 358;

passes the Beresina, 365;

quits his army, 367;

arrives in Paris, 368;

his military preparations, 372;

heads his army in Saxony, 376;

at battle of Lutzen, 377;

enters Dresden, 377;

at Bautzen, 379;

agrees to an armistice, 380;

interview with Metternich, 381;

at battle of Dresden, 387;

at battle of Leipsig, 390;

at battle of Hanau, 394;

returns to Paris, 394;

his obstinacy, 398;

dissolves Legislative Senate, 401;

releases the Pope and Ferdinand VII., 401;

announces the invasion of France, 404;

leaves Paris, 406;

life saved at battle of Brienne, 407;

at battle of La Rothiere, 407;

his expedition to the Marne, 409;

at Nangis, 410;

dismisses Victor, 411;

at battle of Montereau, 411;

refuses to sign peace preliminaries, 412;

at Troyes, 413;

repulsed at Soissons, 414;

at battles of Craonne and Laon, 414;

captures Rheims, 415;

his remarkable energy, 416;

distrusted at Paris, 419;

at St. Dizier, 419;

Macdonald's advice to him, 424;

at Fontainebleau, 425;

throne declared empty, 431;

he abdicates, 432;

abdication accepted, 434;

paroxysm of illness, 435;

bids his officers and guards farewell, 436;

sails from Frejus for Elba, 439;

conduct and occupations at Elba, 440, et seq.;

intrigues of his friends, 445;

escapes from Elba and lands at Cannes, 447;

reaches Gap, 448;

proclamation to the army and nation, 448, 449;

at Grenoble and Lyons, 450;

resumes functions of civil government, 452;

enters Paris, 454;

prepares for war, 457;

schemes to regain his wife and son, 459;

publishes "Additional Act." 463;

at the Champ de Mai, 464;

heads his army on Belgian frontier, 466;

passes the Sambre at Charleroi, 468;

defeats Blucher at Ligny, 470;

at the battle of Waterloo, 473-476;

is defeated and flees to Charleroi, 476;

reaches Paris, 477;

his second abdication, 479;

is sent to Malmaison, 481;

at Rochefort, 482;

negotiates with Captain Maitland, 483;

letter to the Prince Regent of England, 484;

embarks in the Bellerophon, 485;

interview with Lord Keith at Torbay, 485;

ordered to St. Helena, 485;

his protest, 486;

sails on Northumberland for St. Helena, 490;

arrival there, 491;

resides at The Briars, 491;

removes to Longwood, 491;

complaints against English Government, 492;

and against Sir Hudson Lowe, 495;

manner of life at Longwood, 499;

health failing, 500;

refuses to take exercise, 501;

draws up his will, 502;

his death, 502;

his burial, 503

Buonaparte, Pauline, marries Prince Borghese, 226;

her intrigues at Elba, 445

Buonapartes, the, banished from Corsica, 8

Burrard, General Sir H., 283

Busaco, battle of, 319

Byron, Lord, quoted, 143, 497, 498, 504

Cairo, surrender of, 93;

English occupy, 165

Calder, Sir Robert, 216

Cambaceres, 126

Campbell, Sir Neil, 439, 445

Campo-Formio, treaty of, 75

Canning, Mr., quoted, 218

Carnot, 20;

made minister of war, 126;

Napoleon's opinion of, 133;

in opposition to Napoleon, 104, 206;

governor of Antwerp, 404;

minister of war, 457;

assists at the Champ de Mai, 463

Cartaux, 10

Castaños, General, 279

Castiglione, battle of, 45

Castlereagh, Lord, 408

Caulaincourt, 207, 368, 408, 426, 431

Ceracchi plans assassination of Napoleon, 157

Champ de Mai, 464

Charles, Archduke of Austria, 65

Charles IV. of Spain abdicates, 271

Chateaubriand, his tract, 427

Cherasco, armistice of, 28

Chouans, submission of, 127

Cintra, convention of, 283

Cisalpine Republic, 175

Ciudad Rodrigo, blockade of, 327;

capture of, 329

Clery, Mademoiselle, 16

Clichy, Royalist Club of, 72

Coalition against France, 210;

against English commerce, 259

Cobentzel at Campo-Formio, 75, 76

Code Napoleon projected, 173;

Napoleon's dictum of the, 261

Col di Tende, 15

Collingwood, Admiral, at Trafalgar, 219

Concordat, the, 170;

rejected by bishops, 171

Confederation of the Rhine, 226

Congress at Rastadt, 78;

at Prague, 380

Conscription in France, 262

Constitution of the year VIII., 128, 129

"Continental System," the, 240

Convention of Cintra, 283

Copenhagen, battle of, 163;

British expedition to, 258

Corsica, 1, 7, 8, 50

Coruña, battle of, 294

Cossacks attack French, 356

Craonne, battle of, 414

Culm, battle of, 387

Dalrymple, Sir Hew, 283

D'Angouleme, Duke, capitulates, 458

D'Angouleme, Duchess, heroic conduct of, 458

Danican, General, 19

Dantzick taken by French, 249

D'Argenteau, 26, 27

D'Artois, Count, 156

Davidowich, at Roveredo, 46

Davoust made Marshal, 207;

his conduct at Hamburg, 377

D'Enghien, Duke, arrested, 196;

murdered, 199;

reflections thereon, 201

Dennewitz, battle of, 388

D'Entraigues, Count, 70

De Pradt, Abbé, 368, 430

Desgenettes, 105

Dessaix, General, Napoleon's opinion of, 150;

killed at Marengo, 153

Detention of English travellers in France, 187

Directory, the, ask Napoleon's aid, 72;

their jealousy of him, 82;

oppose grant of estate to him, 218

Doppet, cowardice of, at Toulon, 12

Dresden, battle of, 387

Dubois, death of, 47

Dufour, Colonel, 146

Dugommier, General, 13

Dumanoir, Commodore, 218

Dupont marches into Andalusia, 279;

surrenders at Baylen, 280

Duroc, death of, at Bautzen, 379

Eckmuhl, battle of, 297

Education under Napoleon, 261

Egypt, French expedition to, 86;

Napoleon's administration in, 96;

English expedition to, 164;

conquered from France, 165

El Arish taken by French, 100

Elba, Napoleon at, 439, et seq.

Elgin, Lord, sagacity of, 205

Emigrants allowed to return to France, 169

England, Napoleon's letter to King of, 136;

treaty of peace with, 166;

rupture of treaty, 187

Erfurt, conferences at, 288, 289

Essling, battle of, 301

Etruria, Napoleon's treatment of Queen of, 326

Fatalism, Napoleon's tendency to, 23

Fayette, La, his recall, 126

Ferdinand VII., abdication of, 271;

prisoner at Valençay, 326;

released, and re-enters Spain, 401, 402

Ferrara, Archbishop of, 46

Fersen, Count, conduct of Napoleon towards, 78

Fesch, Cardinal, remonstrates with Napoleon, 336

Flotilla of Boulogne, 165, 191

Fombio, battle of, 31

Fontainebleau, treaty of, 266;

Napoleon abdicates at, 435

Fouché, Napoleon's character of, 133;

Josephine demands his dismissal, 311;

in disgrace, 322;

made governor of Rome, 322;

his memorial against the war with Russia, 335;

joins Napoleon on his return from Elba, 455;

corresponds with Louis XVIII. at Ghent, 468;

advises Napoleon to escape to America, 481

Fox, Mr., and Napoleon, 168, 229

Frankfort, declaration of Allies at, 398

Francis, Emperor of Germany, his interview with Napoleon, 224

Friedland, battle of, 251

Fructidor, revolution of 18th, 73

Fuentes d'Onor, battle of, 327

Gazah, capture of, 100

Genoa, revolution of, 72;

siege of, 147

Georges Cadoudal, conspiracy of, 194;

trial and condemnation of, 203

Godoy, Manuel, his intrigues, 266;

arrested, 269

Gourgaud, General, 494

Grenville, Lord, 137

Grossbeeren, battle of, 388

Guiche, Duchess of, 156

Hall, Captain Basil, 497

Hamburg, Davoust's cruelties at, 377

Hanau, battle of, 394

Hanover seized by French, 189

Haugwitz, Count, 222, 224

Helvetic Republic, 177

Hesse Cassel, Landgrave of, 244

Hofer and his followers, massacre of, 299, 300

Hohenlinden, battle of, 160

Holland, annexed to France, 315;

revolution of, 396

Hospitallers of St. Bernard, Napoleon's visit to, 144

Hullin, General, 197, 198

Hundred Days, the, 436, et seq.

Hutchinson, General, succeeds Sir Ralph Abercrombie, 164

Inquisition abolished by Napoleon, 292

Invasion of England, scheme for, 190

Jaffa, capture of, 100;

garrison massacred, 100;

Turkish prisoners massacred at, 104

Jena, battle of, 235

Joubert, 57

Jourdan, Marshal, enters Germany, 42;

in Spain, 382

Junot, coolness of, at siege of Toulon, 14;

marches on Portugal, 267

Kellerman made Marshal, 207

Kleber, General, rescued by Napoleon, 102;

left in command of army in Egypt, 109;

his assassination, 164

Kosciusko, 243

Kutusoff, General, commands Russian army, 345, et seq.

Labedoyere, Colonel, 449, 480

Landshut, battle of, 297

Lannes at Placenza, 30;

wounded at Acre, 103;

made Marshal, 207;

killed at Asperne, 302

Laon, battle of, 415

La Rothiere, battle of, 407

Law of Hostages repealed, 125

Le Clerc, 122, 123, 179

Lefebre Desnouettes, 278, 280, 281

Leghorn seized by Napoleon, 40

Legion of Honour instituted, 175

Leipsig, battle of, 390-392

Leoben, treaty of, 67

Licence System, 325

Lodi, passage of bridge of, 32

Lonato, battle of, 44

Loretto, French enter, 61:

image of Virgin at, 61;

Holy House at, 62

Louvre, Gallery of the, 34

Louis XVIII., his letter to Napoleon, 155;

Napoleon's proposition to, 182;

his restoration, 441;

quits Paris and retires to Ghent, 454

Lowe, Sir Hudson, 494-497

Luneville, treaty of, 160

Lutzen, battle of, 377

Macdonald, General, 112, 384, 454

Mack, General, surrender of, at Ulm, 213, 214

Madrid occupied by Murat, 269;

massacre of, 272;

surrender of, 292

Mahomet, Napoleon's admiration of, 91

Maitland, Captain, 483, 490

Mallet, conspiracy of, 371

Malo-Yaraslovetz, battle of, 355, 356

Malta, Napoleon suggests seizure of, 85;

surrenders to French, 88;

surrenders to English, 155

Mamelukes, description of, 90

Mantua, siege of, 38;

surrender of, 60

Marengo, battle of, 151

Maria Louisa, Archduchess of Austria, marries Napoleon, 312;

quits Paris and retires to Blois, 422

Marmont crosses the Rhine, 212

Massena, General, in Italy, 139;

his retreat from Portugal, 327

Mehrfeldt, General, 391

Menou, General, 19, 165

Metternich, Prince, his interview with Napoleon, 381

Milan occupied by French, 33;

decrees against English commerce, 259

Millesimo, battle of, 27

Mincio, passage of the, 36

Miollis, General, occupies Rome, 306

Modena, Duke of, offers bribe to Napoleon, 70

Moncey made Marshal, 207

Mondovi, battle of, 28

Montebello, battle of, 149

Monte Notte, battle of, 27

Montmartre, battle of, 423

Moore, Sir John, commands army in Portugal, 286;

advances into Spain, 293;

retreat and death at Coruña, 294

Moreau, his retreat through the Black Forest, 42;

Napoleon's suspicions of, 193;

his arrest, 195;

exiled, 203;

returns and joins allies, 385;

his death, 386

Morla, Governor of Madrid, 292

Mortier seizes Hanover, 189;

made Marshal, 207

Moscow, French enter, 348;

burning of, 349;

French retreat from, 355

Muiron, at Toulon, 12;

saves Napoleon's life, 54

Murat, his conduct on Day of the Sections, 20;

marries Caroline Buonaparte, 134;

made Marshal, 207;

occupies Madrid, 269;

created King of Naples, 274;

his rash expedition, 460;

takes refuge in France, is seized and executed, 460

Napier, Colonel, quoted, 272, 274, 276

Naples, Queen of, her journey to Russia, 161;

seized by French, 189

"Napoleon's Grotto," 2

National Convention, the, 17

Naumburg, capture of, 233

Negroes banished from France, 180

Nelson, Lord, at Alexandria, 74;

at Aboukir, 95;

at Copenhagen, 163;

at Trafalgar, 217

Ney, Marshal, at Clagenfurt, 214;

at battle of Borodino, 347;

retreats from Smolensko, 360;

"the bravest of the brave," 364;

his treason, 453;

at Waterloo, 476;

at Paris, 480

Niemen, passage of the, 341

Nile, French army march up, 91

Northern confederacy against England, 162

Ocaña, battle of, 303

O'Meara, Dr., 500

Ossian, Napoleon's favourite poet, 5

Palafox, General, 280

Palm, the bookseller, murder of, 231

Paoli, General, 7

Passage of the Po, 31;

of the Mincio, 36

Pavia, insurrection of, 36

Paul, Emperor of Russia, admires Napoleon, 161;

assassinated, 163

Peltier, trial of, 182

Perignon made Marshal, 207

"Philadelphes," Society of, 371

Pichegru, Napoleon's monitor, 4;

listens to the Bourbons' proposals, 70;

arrested and exiled, 73;

returns, 195;

arrested in Paris, 195;

found dead in prison, 202

Piedmont conquered, 28

Pitt, Mr., death of, 229

Po, passage of the, 31

Poles, Napoleon's conduct towards, 338

Polytechnic School, 173

Pope, the, buys respite of Napoleon, 40;

negotiates with Napoleon, and concludes treaty at Tollentino, 62;

restored by England, 161;

arrested by Miollis, 306;

sent to Fontainebleau, 307;

released, 401

Popham, Admiral Sir Home, court-martialled, 253

Prague, congress at, 380;

congress dissolved, 382

Presburg, treaty of, 224

Preuss-Eylau, battle of, 247

Primolano, battle of, 48

"Prince of the Peace," 266

Prussia, makes peace with Napoleon, 224;

accepts Hanover from him, 225;

declares war against France, 232, 373;

Queen of, Napoleon's treatment of, 255

Pultusk, battle of, 245

Pyramids, battle of the, 93

Quasdonowich, 43, 44, 48

Quatre-bras, battle of, 468

Raab, battle of, 299

Rastadt, battle of, 78;

murder of French commissioners at, 111

Ratisbonne, taken by French, 297

Red Sea explored by Napoleon, 99

Reign of Terror, the, 9

Revolution of the 18th Fructidor, 73

Rhine, confederation of the, 226

Riosecco, battle of, 278

Rivoli, battle of, 57

Robespierre, fall of, 17

Rome seized by Miollis, 306;

King of, 320

Rostophchin burns Moscow, 349

Roveredo, battle of, 47

Rumbold, Sir George, 205

Russia, French relations with, 323;

Napoleon's invasion of, 340

"Sacred Band," the, 19

St. Bard, capture of, 146

St. Bernard, passage of the Great, 143-145

St. Domingo, French expedition to, 178

St. George, battle of, 59

St. Helena, Napoleon at, 491, et seq.

Salamanca, battle of, 330

Samosierra, passage of the, 290

Saorgio, surrender of, 15

"Savans" accompany army in Egypt, 86, 92, 94

Savary quoted, 99;

at trial of Duke d'Enghien, 198

Schill, Colonel, 299

Schoenbrunn, treaty of, 307

Scott, Sir Walter, quoted, 41, 191, 494

Sebastiani, his memorial, 183

Sections, Day of the, 21

Serrurier made Marshal, 207

Sheridan, Mr., quoted, 185

Sieyes, Abbé, 115-119, 127, 130, 463

Smith, Sir Sydney, at Acre, 101;

Napoleon's hatred of, 103

Smolensko, battle of, 359

Soult, Marshal, in Spain, 290

Stabbs, his attempt to assassinate Napoleon, 305

Staël, Madame de, 80, 169

Suchet, Marshal, defeats Blake, 303;

defeats O'Donnell, 318

Suez, Napoleon explores isthmus of, 99

"Sun of Austerlitz," 223

"Suns of Napoleon," 87

Sweden, revolution in, 316

Swiss Cantons, Napoleon's letter to, 178

Tacitus, Napoleon's chosen author, 5

Tactics, Napoleon's military, 25

Tagliamento, battle of, 65

Talaveyra, battle of, 303

Talleyrand, his character, 133;

created Prince of Benevento, 227;

corresponds with the Bourbons, 421;

his billet to Alexander of Russia, 421

Talma, early associate of Napoleon, 16

Taxation under Napoleon, 263

Tilsit, treaty of, 255

Tollentino, treaty of, 62

Torres Vedras, Wellington at, 319

Toulon, siege of, 9-14

Toussaint l'Ouverture, 179

Trafalgar, battle of, 217-219

Tugend-bund, the, 288

Tyrol, peasants revolt in, 299

Ulm, surrender of, by Mack, 213, 214

Usher, Captain, 439

Vandamme, surrender of, 387

Vendemaire, the 13th, 20

Venice threatened by Napoleon, 38;

neutrality of, 64;

conquered by Napoleon, 69;

handed over to Austria, 75

Victor, Marshal, 149, 303

Vienna taken by French, 313, 298;

congress at, 456

Villeneuve, Admiral, 217

Vimiero, battle of, 283

Vincovo, battle of, 354

Vittoria, battle of, 382

Volney, 171

Wagram, battle of, 303

Wahlstadt, battle of, 388

Walcheren, expedition to, 304

Warsaw taken by French, 244;

Grand Duchy of, 255

Waterloo, battle of, 472-477

Wellesley, Sir Arthur, commands British army in the Peninsula, 281;

lands in Mondego Bay, 282;

defeats French at Roriça, 283;

defeats Junot at Vimiero, 283;

lands at Lisbon, 303;

defeats Soult, 303;

at Talaveyra, 303;

created Lord Wellington, 304;

retreats to lines of Torres Vedras, 319;

at Fuentes d'Onor, 327;

captures Ciudad Rodrigo, 329;

takes Badajos, 329;

at Salamanca, 330;

at Vittoria, 382;

interview with Blucher, 470;

at battle of Waterloo, 472-477

Westphalia, new kingdom of, 255

Whitelocke, General, repulsed at Buenos Ayres, 253, 254

Whitworth, Lord, confers with Napoleon, 185

Wilna, Napoleon at, 341

Wilson, Sir Robert, 105, 184

Wirtemberg, Elector of, made king, 225

Witzingerode taken prisoner, 357;

interview with Napoleon, 357

Wordsworth, Mr., quoted, 177, 179, 180, 191

Wright, Captain, 195, 203 (note)

Wurmser, General, 42, et seq.

Yarmouth, Lord, 230

Zaragossa, siege of, 281

Znaim, armistice of, 302

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