No. 6.
October 23rd.—Napoleon makes Wittenberg central depôt for his army.
To the Empress, at Mayence.
Wittenberg, October 23, 1806, Noon.
I have received several of your letters. I write you only a line. My affairs prosper. To-morrow I shall be at Potsdam, and at Berlin on the 25th. I am wonderfully well, and thrive on hard work. I am very glad to hear you are with Hortense and Stephanie, en grande compagnie. So far, the weather has been fine.
Kind regards to Stephanie, and to everybody, not forgetting M. Napoleon.
Adieu, dear.—Yours ever,
Napoleon.
No. 7.
October 24th.—Lannes occupies Potsdam.