[151] Lithuania: a province of Russia bordering on the Niemen and hence near supplies.
[152] Witepsk: a point passed on the march to Moscow, about midway from the Niemen; here the Russian general, Wittgenstein, appears to have been stationed.
[153] Old Guard: the emperor's body-guard, composed of a large force of veterans.
[154] "Napoleon also took measures for relieving the unfortunate of all classes. He ordered lists to be made of all the citizens whom the conflagration had deprived of the means of subsistence, opened houses of refuge for them, and supplied them with food."
[155] Tilsit and Erfurt: at these places Napoleon had negotiated treaties, greatly in favor of the French, with the Czar of Russia.
[156] Expresses: messengers.
[157] Armistice: a temporary suspension of hostilities.
[158] Partisans: soldiers detached to intercept convoys of provisions and the like.
[159] Invalides: one of the great public buildings at Paris; a soldiers' home and hospital. Napoleon is buried here.
[160] Aid-de-camp: an officer who carries orders and directs movements for a general.