OF THE

HISTORY OF FRANCE

DURING THE REIGN OF

NAPOLEON,

DICTATED BY THE EMPEROR

AT SAINT HELENA

TO THE GENERALS WHO SHARED HIS CAPTIVITY;

AND PUBLISHED

FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

CORRECTED BY HIMSELF.

HISTORICAL MISCELLANIES.

VOL. II.

DICTATED TO THE COUNT DE MONTHOLON.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN AND CO..

AND MARTIN BOSSANGE AND CO.

1823.

LONDON:

....

PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY, DORSET STREET.

MEA AOBK

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME

OF

HISTORICAL MISCELLANIES.

CONTINUATION OF THE NOTES on the Work

intitled "CONSIDERATIONS: ON THE ART OF

WAR," printed at Paris, in 1816.

VII. Offensive War.-VIII. Strength of the Armies

under Napoleon and under Louis XIV.-IX. Battles

of Jena and Eylau.-X. Battle of Essling.-XI. War

of Spain.-XII. Moskow.-XIII. Retreat through

Russia and Saxony.-XIV. Campaign of 1813.--

XV. Battle of Mont Saint-Jean.-XVI. Legion of

Honour. XVII. Comparison of the March of Na-

poleon, in 1800, with that of Hannibal, in the year

218 A.C.-XVIII. Conclusion

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FORTY-FOUR NOTES on the Work intitled "A

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USCRIPT TRANSMITTED FROM ST. HELENA

BY AN UNKNOWN CHANNEL."

I. Napoleon's first commission.-II. Employment.-
III. Promotion to the rank of Captain.-IV. Siege of
Toulon.-V. Gasparin and Barras. VI. Services of

し

Napoleon, to March 1796. VII. Thirteenth of Ven-

demiaire.-VIII. Command of the Army of Italy.-

IX. Expedition to Egypt.-X. Knights of Malta.-
XI. Napoleon's return to France. XII. Kleber, and

the Army of Egypt.-XIII. French armies in 1799.-.

XIV. Enumeration of services to the passage of the

St. Bernard in 1800.-XV. Death of Desaix.-XVI.

Factions in 1800.-XVII. Expedition to St. Domingo.

-XVIII. Death of the Duke d'Enghein.-XIX. In-

tended Invasion of England.-XX. Death of Piche-

gru.--XXI. Result of the battle of Austerlitz.-XXII.

Poland, and the policy of Russia.-XXIII. Eylau.

-XXIV. Kingdom of Italy XXV. Jerome Bona-

parte. XXVI. Restoration of nobility.—XXVII.

Conduct of Prussia, 1805.-XXVIII. Occupation

of HanoverXXIX. Confederation of the Rhine.

-XXX. Summary of military events.-XXXI.

Divorce of the Empress Josephine, and marriage

of Napoleon with Maria Louisa.--XXXII. Cam-

paign of Vienna.-XXXIII. Battle of Essling.-

XXXIV. English expedition against Antwerp.-

XXXV. Passage of the Danube in 1809.-XXXVI.

Battle of Wagram.-XXXVII. Movement by Zuaini.

XXXVIII. Secret articles of the treaty between

France and Austria in 1812.-XXXIX. Movements
after the battle of Dresden.-XL. Marmont.-XLI.
Treaty of Fontainebleau.-XLIII. Preparations for
war in 1815.-XLIV. Campaign of 1815.

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NOTES on the Work intitled "MEMOIRS OF THE

PRIVATE LIFE, RETURN, AND REIGN OF NAPO-

LEON IN 1815," by Baron Fleury de Chaboulon, Ex-

master of Requests, and Secretary to Napoleon 290