“These Eagles to you shall ever be your rallying-point. Swear to sacrifice your lives in their defence; to maintain them by your courage ever in the path of victory.”—On the Day of the Presentation on the Field of Mars.
“The soldier who loses his Eagle loses his Honour and his All!”
Address to the 4th of the Line after Austerlitz.
“The loss of an Eagle is an affront to the reputation of its regiment for which neither victory nor the glory acquired on a hundred fields can make amends.”
55th Bulletin of the Grand Army: 1807.
Napoleon.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1912
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PREFACE
This book breaks fresh ground in a field of romantic and widespread interest; one that should prove attractive, associated as it is with the ever-fascinating subject of Napoleon. Incidentally, indeed, it may also help to throw a new sidelight on certain characteristics of Napoleon as a soldier.