[33] Fouché, tom. i., p. 350.
[34] "She had always been given to understand that Berthier, who had married her by proxy at Vienna, in person and age exactly resembled the Emperor: she, however, signified that she observed a very pleasing difference between them."—Las Cases, tom. i., p. 312.
[35] "The most unfortunate presages were drawn from it; Napoleon himself was struck with it."—Fouché, tom. i., p. 355.
[36] Las Cases, tom. i., p. 310.
[37] Voice from St. Helena, vol. ii., p. 225.
[38] "Austria had become a portion of my family; and yet my marriage ruined me. If I had not thought myself safe, and protected by this alliance, I should have delayed the insurrection of Poland: I should have waited until Spain was subdued and tranquil. I set foot on an abyss, concealed by a bed of flowers!"—Napoleon, Las Cases, tom. ii., p. 105.
[39] "It was in vain that Soult strove with all his power to stop the slaughter. The frightful scene of rape, pillage, and murder, closed not for many hours, and what with those who fell in battle, those who were drowned, and those sacrificed to revenge, it is said that 10,000 Portuguese died on that unhappy day! The loss of the French did not exceed 500 men."—Napier, vol. ii., p. 207. See also Southey, vol. iii., p. 249.
[40] Southey, vol. iv., p. 10. The reader is requested to compare this account with that given by Lord Burghersh, in his "Memoir on the Early Campaigns of Wellington," p. 77—where the details are somewhat differently represented—Ed. (1842.)
[41] "Victor sent soldiers to every house, with orders to the inhabitants immediately to receive and accommodate the wounded of the two nations, who were lodged together, one English and one Frenchman; and he expressly directed that the Englishman should always be served first."—Southey, vol. iv., p. 49.
[42] Southey, vol. iii., p. 168.