Edward Fraser.

CONTENTS

PAGE
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]

ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Porte-Aigle, Imperial Guard, and Grenadier Sergeant in Parade Uniform [Frontispiece]
From St. Hilaire’s Histoire de la Garde Impériale
FACING PAGE
Marshal Mortier [90]
Marshal Soult [104]
In the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Chasseurs of the Guard
Marshal Davout [134]
Marshal Ney with the Rearguard in the Retreat from Moscow [282]
From a picture by A. Ivon, at Versailles
Photo by Alinari
Napoleon and the “Sacred Squadron” on the way to the Beresina [288]
From the picture by H. Bellangé
Napoleon’s Farewell to the Old Guard at Fontainebleau [312]
From a print after H. Vernet, kindly lent by Messrs. T. H. Parker, 45, Whitcomb Street
The Fight for the Standard [396]
Sergeant Ewart of the Scots Greys taking the Eagle of the 45th at Waterloo
From the picture by R. Andsell, A.R.A., at Royal Hospital, Chelsea
The Square of the Old Guard at Bay after Waterloo [412]
From the picture by H. Bellangé
La Revue des Morts [434]
From a picture by R. Demoraine

MAPS

Outline Map of Napoleon’s Concentration in rear of Ulm, September 27 to October 18, 1805[82]
Sketch Plan of the Positions of the Armies at the opening of the Battle of Austerlitz[98]
Sketch Plan of the Battlefield of Eylau[154]
plan of the Battle of Barrosa[222]
Waterloo. The Charge of the Union Brigade[394]
Waterloo—the Final Phase. Sketch Plan to show the attack and the defeat of the columns of the Guard[410]
General Map[436]

LIST OF AUTHORITIES

Alison: History of Europe.