Chap. 15. At Brest and Rennes. I am posted to the 23rd Chasseurs, in Portugal. Journey from Nantes to Salamanca. We form the right wing of the Spanish army. Return to France.
Chap. 16. On the road from Bayonne to Toulouse. The inspection.
Chap. 17. The events at Rennes. My brother Adolphe is involved and is sent to prison. Death of my brother Theodore.
Chap. 18. The school at Versailles. My mother's brothers.
Chap. 19. Preparations for invasion of Britain. I become aide de camp to Augereau.
Chap. 20. Augereau.
Chap. 21. From Bayonne to Brest. 1804. Pichegru. Death of Duc d'Enghien. Bonaparte becomes emperor.
Chap. 22. 1805. Institution of Legion of Honour. Camp at
Boulogne. I am made lieutenant. Death of my brother Felix.
Russia and Austria declare war.
Chap. 23. The army heads for the Rhine. Mission to Massena.
Jellachich surrenders. The Hungarian Colonel.
Chap. 24. The march to Vienna. The battle at Dirnstein. Lannes and Murat bluff their way across the Danube.