CONTENTS

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List of Authorities [XV]
[CHAPTER I]
Napoleon adopts the Eagle of Caesar [1]
[CHAPTER II]
The Day of the Presentation on the Field of Mars [16]
[CHAPTER III]
In the First Campaign:
UNDER FIRE WITH MARSHAL NEY [60]
THE MIDNIGHT BATTLE BY THE DANUBE [80]
[CHAPTER IV]
On the Field of Austerlitz [96]
[CHAPTER V]
In the Second Campaign:
JENA AND THE TRIUMPH OF BERLIN [123]
THE TWELVE LOST EAGLES OF EYLAU [150]
[CHAPTER VI]
Preparing for the Future:
THE “EAGLE-GUARD” [181]
[CHAPTER VII]
Before the Enemy at Aspern and Wagram [197]
[CHAPTER VIII]
“The Eagle with the Golden Wreath” in London [214]
[CHAPTER IX]
Other Eagles in England from Battlefields Of Spain [240]
[CHAPTER X]
In the Hour of Darkest Disaster:
AFTER MOSCOW: HOW THE EAGLES FACED THEIR FATE [263]
AT BAY IN NORTHERN GERMANY—1813 [291]
[CHAPTER XI]
That Terrible Midnight at the Invalides [316]
[CHAPTER XII]
The Eagles of the Last Army [345]
[CHAPTER XIII]
At Waterloo:
“AVE CAESAR! MORITURI TE SALUTANT!” [375]
HOW WELLINGTON’S TROPHIES WERE WON [388]
THE LAST ATTACK AND AFTER: THE EAGLES OF THE GUARD [405]
THE EAGLES ANNOUNCE VICTORY TO LONDON [424]
[CHAPTER XIV]
After the Downfall [432]
Index [437]