OF

THE WARS OF THE

FRENCH REVOLUTION,

FROM THE BREAKING OUT OF THE WAR, IN 1792, TO THE
RESTORATION OF A GENERAL PEACE, IN 1815;

COMPREHENDING

THE CIVIL HISTORY

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE,

DURING THAT PERIOD.

BY EDWARD BAINES.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

WITH NOTES, AND AN ORIGINAL HISTORY OF THE LATE WAR
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.

EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS

OF THE

MOST DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS OF THE AGE, AND ILLUS-
TRATED WITH MAPS, PLANS, AND CHARTS.

EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit:

Be it Remembered, That on the seventeenth day of May, in the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1819, M'Carty & Davis, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

SEAL

"History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the breaking out of the War in 1792, to the restoration of a general Peace in 1815; comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France, during that period, by Edward Baines; in four volumes, with Notes, and an original History of the late War between the United States and Great Britain; embellished with Portraits of the most distinguished Characters of the age, and illustrated with Maps, Plans, and Charts."

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D. CALDWELL,

Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

BOOK IV. CONTINUED.

CHAPTER XXV.

PAGE

CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE (continued :) Liberation of Ferdinand VII.---Ope-

rations in the South of France---Battle of Orthes---Counter-Revolution

at Bordeaux---Movements of the Hostile Armies in the Departments of

the Seine and the Marne---Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube---Retreat of Napo-

leon---Stratagem to draw the Allied Armies from Paris---The Allies

resolve to advance upon the Capital---Disastrous Attempt upon Bergen-

op-Zoom---Inactivity of the Prince Royal of Sweden---Operations in Ita-

ly---Junction of the Armies of Prince Schwartzenberg and Marshal

Blucher---Advance on Paris---Preparations made by Marshals Marmont

and Mortier to defend the Capital---Battle of Paris---Armistice---Capitu-

lation---Advance of Napoleon with a Detachment of Guards into the

Neighbourhood of Paris---State of Parties---Exertions of the Royalists

to induce the People to demand the Restoration of the Bourbons---

Triumphal Entry of the Allies into the French Capital---Proclamation

of the Emperor Alexander, explanatory of the Views of the Allies to-

wards France---The Senate convoked by Prince Talleyrand---They ab-

jure the Imperial Sway, and create a Provisional Government---The

French Prisoners of War in Russia liberated without Ransom---Napo-

leon collects an army at Fontainebleau---Establishment of a Regency

Government at Blois under the Empress Maria Louisa---Abdication of

the Emperor Napoleon---Battle of Toulouse---Cessation of Hostilities

in the South of France---Entry of the Count d'Artois into Paris as

Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom---Dissolution of the Imperial Go-

vernment, and the Regency at Blois---Napoleon's Farewell to his Guards

---His Departure for the Isle of Elba---Constitutional Charter---Entry of

Louis XVIII. into Paris---Adhesion of the French Marshals---Definitive

Treaty of Peace,

CHAPTER XXVI.

BRITISH HISTORY: Meeting of Parliament---Inquiry regarding the Ces-

sion of Norway to Sweden---Address to the Prince Regent moved by

Mr. Wilberforce---Honours conferred upon the Duke of Wellington---

Takes his Seat in the House of Peers-His Reception in the House of

Commons---The Corn Bill---Fresh Indignities offered to the Princess of

Wales---Discussions in Parliament on this Subject---Proposed Marriage

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