The History of Napoleon Buonaparte eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 679 pages of information about The History of Napoleon Buonaparte.

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 679 pages of information about The History of Napoleon Buonaparte.
  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

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