IN TWO VOLUMES—VOL. II.
London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1884
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LONDON: PRINTED BY
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CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
| [CHAPTER XXXVIII.] | |
| PAGE | |
| INVASION SQUIBS—CADOUDAL’S CONSPIRACY—EXECUTION OF THE DUC D’ENGHIEN—CAPTAIN WRIGHT | 1 |
| [CHAPTER XXXIX.] | |
| NAPOLEON PROCLAIMED EMPEROR—THE FLOTILLA—INVASION SQUIBS | 12 |
| [CHAPTER XL.] | |
| NAPOLEON’S CORONATION | 23 |
| [CHAPTER XLI.] | |
| NAPOLEON’S LETTER TO GEORGE THE THIRD—NAVAL VICTORIES—CROWNED KING OF ITALY—ALLIANCE OF EUROPE—WITHDRAWAL OF THE ‘ARMY OF ENGLAND’ | 35 |
| [CHAPTER XLII.] | |
| SURRENDER OF ULM—BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR—PROPOSALS FOR PEACE—DANIEL LAMBERT | 45 |
| [CHAPTER XLIII.] | |
| NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE—DEATH OF FOX—NAPOLEON’S VICTORIOUS CAREER—HIS PROCLAMATION OF A BLOCKADE OF ENGLAND | 57 |
| [CHAPTER XLIV.] | |
| NAPOLEON’S POLISH CAMPAIGN—BATTLE OF EYLAU—MEETING OF THE EMPERORS AT TILSIT—CAPTURE OF THE DANISH FLEET | 65 |
| [CHAPTER XLV.] | |
| FRENCH ENTRY INTO PORTUGAL—BLOCKADE OF ENGLAND—FLIGHT OF THE PORTUGUESE ROYAL FAMILY—THE PENINSULAR WAR—FLIGHT OF KING JOSEPH | 75 |
| [CHAPTER XLVI.] | |
| PENINSULAR WAR, continued—MEETING AT ERFURT | 87 |
| [CHAPTER XLVII.] | |
| RETREAT TO CORUNNA—THE BROKEN BRIDGE OVER THE DANUBE—WAGRAM—JOSEPHINE’S DIVORCE | 96 |
| [CHAPTER XLVIII.] | |
| FAILURE OF EXPEDITIONS TO SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AND HOLLAND—NAPOLEON’S WOOING OF, AND MARRIAGE WITH, MARIA LOUISA—BIRTH OF THE KING OF ROME—NAPOLEON IN THE NURSERY | 110 |
| [CHAPTER XLIX.] | |
| A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT—NAPOLEON’S TOUR IN GERMANY—DECLARATION OF WAR WITH RUSSIA—ENTRY INTO WILNA—SMOLENSKO—BORODINO—ENTRY INTO MOSCOW—BURNING OF THE CITY—NAPOLEON’S RETREAT | 123 |
| [CHAPTER L.] | |
| REJOICINGS IN ENGLAND OVER THE RESULT OF NAPOLEON’S RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN—THE EMPEROR’S RETURN TO FRANCE | 138 |
| [CHAPTER LI.] | |
| THE ARMISTICE—BATTLE OF VITTORIA—DEFEAT AT LEIPSIC—THE BRIDGE BLOWN UP | 150 |
| [CHAPTER LII.] | |
| NAPOLEON’S RETURN TO PARIS—HIS RECEPTION | 164 |
| [CHAPTER LIII.] | |
| L’HOMME ROUGE—NAPOLEON’S SUPERSTITION | 172 |
| [CHAPTER LIV.] | |
| NAPOLEON AGAIN TAKES THE FIELD—HIS DEFEATS—THE ALLIES AT PARIS—NAPOLEON ABDICATES—HIS ATTEMPT TO POISON HIMSELF | 181 |
| [CHAPTER LV.] | |
| NAPOLEON LEAVES FOR ELBA—HIS RECEPTION THERE | 194 |
| [CHAPTER LVI.] | |
| NAPOLEON AT ELBA—HIS OCCUPATIONS WHILST THERE—FAITH BROKEN WITH HIM—THE VIOLET—GENERAL REJOICINGS AT HIS EXILE | 203 |
| [CHAPTER LVII.] | |
| NAPOLEON’S ESCAPE FROM ELBA—UNIVERSAL CONSTERNATION—FLIGHT OF THE BRITISH FROM FRANCE—CARICATURES ON HIS RETURN | 214 |
| [CHAPTER LVIII.] | |
| PREPARATIONS FOR WAR—THE SHORT CAMPAIGN—WATERLOO—NAPOLEON’S ABDICATION | 225 |
| [CHAPTER LIX.] | |
| NAPOLEON A PRISONER—SENT TO THE ISLE OF AIX—NEGOTIATIONS FOR SURRENDER—GOES ON BOARD THE ‘BELLEROPHON’ | 233 |
| [CHAPTER LX.] | |
| NAPOLEON ON BOARD THE ‘BELLEROPHON’—ARRIVAL AT TORBAY—CURIOSITY OF THE PEOPLE—THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT DETERMINE TO SEND HIM TO ST. HELENA | 239 |
| [CHAPTER LXI.] | |
| NAPOLEON IS SENT ON BOARD THE ‘NORTHUMBERLAND’—HE PROTESTS AGAINST HIS EXILE—PUBLIC OPINION AS TO HIS TREATMENT | 250 |
| [CHAPTER LXII.] | |
| VOYAGE TO ST. HELENA—CESSATION OF CARICATURES | 259 |
| [INDEX] | 269 |