December 17th.—Turkey declares war on Russia. (So Montgaillard; but Napoleon refers to it in the thirty-ninth bulletin, dated December 7th, while Haydn dates it January 7th.)
No. 24.
To the Empress, at Mayence.
Warsaw, December 20, 1806, 3 P.M.
I have no news from you, dear. I am very well. The last two days I have been at Warsaw. My affairs prosper. The weather is very mild, and even somewhat humid. It has as yet barely begun to freeze; it is October weather.
Adieu, dear; I should much have liked to see you, but trust that in five or six days I shall be able to send for you.
Kindest regards to the Queen of Holland and to her little Napoleons.—Yours ever,
Napoleon.