"Oberon," iii. 175.
Ocana, battle of, iii. 287, 288.
Ochs, Peter, republican propagandist in Switzerland, ii. 40.
Oder, River, the, proposed surrender to N. of forts on, iii. 178;
threatened expulsion of the French from, 416;
military movements on, iv. [3];
French garrisons on, [35].
"Œdipe," performed at Erfurt, iii. 172.
Offenburg, reputed emigrant conspirators in, ii. 302;
Caulaincourt's expedition to, 304.
Officialdom, popular hatred of, i. 105.
Offingen, the French position at, ii. 365.
Oglio, River, the, Beaulieu retreats behind, i. 361;
Austria's boundary in Venetia, 438;
Schérer driven behind, ii. 88.
O'Hara, Gen., captured before Toulon, i. 229.
Old Castile, French occupation of, iii. 155.
Oldenburg, proposal to include in North German Confederation, ii. 418;
scheme to incorporate with France, iii. 266;
Alexander I reserves his family rights over, 288;
Alexander offers to exchange, for Erfurt, 288;
incorporated in the French Empire, 310, 328;
proposal that France evacuate, 407;
restored to its former ruler, iv. [40].
Oldenburg, Duke of, marries Grand Duchess Catherine, iii. 181, 278;
dethroned, 278, 307;
proposed allotment of territory to, 409.
Old Guard, the, battle of Leipsic, iv. [27], [33];
moves against Blücher from Sézanne, [61];
N. reviews them at Fontainebleau, [117];
N. takes leave of, [135];
reduction of the pay of, [148];
in battle of Waterloo, [205], [208].
See also [Imperial Guard].
Ollioules, capture and recapture of, i. 225.
Olmütz, military operations near, ii. 379, 382.
Olsusieff, Gen., annihilated by Marmont at Champaubert, iv. [63].
O'Meara, Edward, publisher of an Elban MS., i. 177;
N.'s declaration to, concerning the Duc d'Enghien, ii. 311;
N.'s conversations with, 441;
physician to N., iv. [232];
assists N. on his history, [232];
dismissed by Lowe, [232].
Oneglia, Masséna's advance through, i. 243;
French troops in the valley of, 244;
N.'s service at, 245, 255.
Oporto, seizure of the French governor of, iii. 122;
bishop of, applies to England for help, 122;
occupied by Soult, 286.
Oppin, Bernadotte at, iv. [28].
Orange, House of, indemnity to, for loss of power, ii. 262.
Orange, the Prince of, recalled to Holland, iv. [40];
in Waterloo campaign, [172], [176];
at the Duchess of Richmond's ball, [178];
battle of Quatre Bras, [180].
Orcha, military movements near, iii. 364.
Ordener, Gen., leads expedition to Ettenheim, and arrests the Duc d'Enghien, ii. 304.
Ore Mountains, contemplated operations in the, iv. [8];
retreat of the allies toward, [12].
Orezza, N. at, i. 126, 160;
meeting of the constituent assembly at, 131-134.
Orgon, attempt to assassinate N. at, iv. [138].
Oriani, Comte B., N.'s statement to, i. 369.
"Orient," the, sunk in Aboukir Bay, ii. 63.
Oriental question, the, ii. 262.
Orleans, prison massacres in, i. 188;
French garrison at, iv. [118].
Orloff, Count, conducts negotiations for surrender of Paris, iv. [112].
Ormea, Masséna's advance through, i. 243.
Orscha, French garrison in, iii. 341.
Ortenau, ceded to Baden, ii. 391.
Osnabrück, position in the French Empire, iii. 279.
Ossian, N.'s acquaintance with and study of, ii. 53; iv. [134], [231].
Ostermann-Tolstoi, Gen., in battle of Eylau, iii. 15;
character, 107;
conducts negotiations with N., 107, 112, 113;
reception at Paris, 108;
quarrel with Ney, 108;
N.'s opinion of, 113;
at St. Cloud levee, Aug. 15, 1808, 169.
Osterode, N.'s headquarters at, iii. 18, 25.
Ostrach, battle of, ii. 88.
Ostrolenka, Russian retreat to, iii. 5;
Russians driven out of, 19.
Othman, the royal line of, iii. 163.
Otranto, embargo on, ii. 287;
creation of hereditary duchy of, 396;
Fouché created Duke of, iii. 86.
See also [Fouché].
Ott, Gen., besieges Genoa, ii. 165, 170, 173, 175;
defeated by Lannes at Casteggio, 176;
reaches Alessandria, 177;
in battle of Marengo, 180.
Otto, Comte L. G., ambassador to England, ii. 273;
letter from N., Oct. 23, 1802, 272, 290;
recalled from London, 277.
Otto the Great, N. likened to, ii. 340.
Ottoman Empire, proposed partition of, ii. 47.
See also [Egypt]; [Turkey].
Oubril, his treaty rejected by Alexander I, ii. 418, 421;
Russian envoy to Paris, 401, 405, 418.
Oudinot, Gen. C. N., in battle of Austerlitz, ii. 386;
created Duke of Reggio, iii. 86;
N.'s opinion of, 93;
character, 93;
commanding in Hanau, 203;
ordered to Augsburg, 204;
ordered to Abensberg, 208;
battle of Wagram, 228;
ordered to coerce Holland, 266;
strength, March, 1812, 324;
at the crossing of the Beresina, 367-370;
in campaign of 1813, 402;
threatens Berlin, 413;
N.'s instructions to, iv. [5];
defeated at Luckau, [8];
fails in his movement against Berlin, [12]-16;
battle of Grossbeeren, [14];
retreats to Wittenberg, [14];
superseded by Ney, [17];
battle of Dennewitz, [18], [19];
at Dresden, [20];
battle of Leipsic, [29], [31];
checks pursuits at Lindenau, [35];
opposes Schwarzenberg, [61];
driven back to Nangis, [65];
before Provins, [72];
captures Méry, [73];
ordered to hold Blücher, [73];
checked by Schwarzenberg, [75];
driven beyond Troyes, [76];
retreats from Arcis, [94];
at Bar-sur-Ornain, [103];
strength after the surrender of Paris, [118];
at the abdication scene, [120];
transfers his allegiance to Louis XVIII, [132];
recreated marshal, [167].
Ourcq, River, military operations on the, iv. [76].
Ouvrard, G. J., sent by Fouché on mission to England, iii. 272.
P
Pachra, River, French crossing of the, iii. 355.
Pacific Ocean, influence of the United States on the, ii. 288.
Paderborn, apportioned to Prussia, ii. 265.
Padua, military operations near, i. 410;
creation of hereditary duchy of, ii. 396.
Pagerie, Marie-Josephe-Rose Tascher de la. See [Beauharnais, Josephine].
Pagerie, Mlle. Tascher de la, sought in marriage by Ferdinand VII, iii. 125;
marries the Duke of Aremberg, 132.
Pagerie, Tascher de la, father of Josephine Beauharnais, i. 313;
death of, 314.
Paine, Thomas, on financial condition of England, ii. 32.
Pajol, Gen., seizes Montereau, iv. [73];
in the Waterloo campaign, [173];
engagement at Charleroi, [174];
battle of Ligny, [183].
Palace of the Government, the, ii. 147.
Palafox, Gen. José de, military ability, iii. 156;
at Saragossa, 184, 185.
Palais Royal, headquarters of the tribunate, ii. 151;
a refuge for the disreputable, 151.
Palestine, the key of, ii. 73;
importance of N.'s conquering, 73.
Palm, J. P., bookseller of Nuremberg, execution of, ii. 417.
Palma, N. advances to, i. 443.
Pamplona, N. seeks information concerning, iii. 128;
seized by Darmagnac, 132.
Pan, Mallet du, criticizes Mme. de Staël, iii. 298.
Panatheri, secretary of Directory of Corsica, i. 133.
Pantheon Club, closing of the, i. 310.
Paoli, Pascal, his share in the history of Corsica, i. 15 et seq.;
relations with the Jews and with the Vatican, 16;
compared with Washington, 18;
his character and renown, 17, 18;
offers asylum to Rousseau, 19;
hoodwinked by Choiseul, 20, 21;
defeat and escape, 23;
appeals to the Powers, 23;
aspirations for Corsica, 26, 28, 116;
N.'s address to, 40;
his conciliation sought by France, 42;
N. a supporter and admirer of, 53, 93, 137, 199, 210;
the "History of Corsica," dedicated to, 93;
N.'s correspondence with, 96-98;
his return to Corsica, 117-125, 127, 131;
activity of his agents, 118;
directs Corsican agitation, 120;
amnesty granted to, 120, 124;
quits England, 124;
honored by Louis XVI and the National Assembly, 124;
misrepresented in Paris, 125;
popularity in Corsica, 126, 198;
meeting with N. at Rostino, 132;
virtual dictator of Corsica, 133;
agitation in his behalf in Corsica, 162, 170;
interferes in riots in Ajaccio, 169;
difficulties of his situation, 169;
displeasure at N., 170;
despair of, 185;
commander-in-chief in Corsica, 185;
N. seeks reconciliation with, 186;
lieutenant-general in the French army, 187;
opposes Sardinian invasion scheme, 189, 192, 196;
N.'s insubordination to, 190;
suspected of intrigue with England, 190, 201;
position on declaration of war against England, 196;
denounced by Lucien Buonaparte, 197;
summoned to appear before the National Convention, 197, 204;
N. antagonizes, 199-203, 205, 210, 242;
denounced by the National Convention, 201;
summons N. to Corte, 203;
offers to leave Corsica, 204;
seeks English protection for Corsica, 205-208;
views of condition of France, 206;
declared an outlaw, 207;
fails to fortify Ajaccio, 257;
seeks aid from England, 257;
recalled to England, 261.
Paolists, the, i. 116.
Papacy, the, French feeling against the, i. 375;
the Directory desires its overthrow, 419, 422;
N.'s alliance with, 422;
N. proposes negotiations with the, ii. 11;
relations of N. and France with, 205, 206, 216.
See also [Church]; [Pius VII]; [Rome].
Papal States, the, French proposition to revolutionize, i. 373;
French seizures and ransom in, 374;
N. protects clergy in, 422;
under French influence, 439;
scheme to conquer, ii. 18;
held by Austria, 145, 160;
evacuated by Ferdinand IV, 203;
N. demands expulsion of Russians, English, and Sardinians from, 396;
N.'s influence over, recognized at Tilsit, iii. 55;
N. demands banishment of hostile agents from, and closing of ports to England, 67;
French invasion of, 118;
demands for the inviolability of, 118;
annexed to France, 262.
Papelotte, the farms of, iv. [195];
fighting at, [201], [206].
Paradomania, iii. 50.
"Parallel between Cæsar, Cromwell, and Bonaparte," ii. 230.
Parbasdorf, military operations near, iii. 226, 229.
Paris, the military school at, i. 48, 59, 60;
N.'s sojourn in (1787), 86;
the Parliament banished from, 106;
base elements of population flock to, 108;
encounter in the Place Vendôme, 108;
burning of the barriers, 108;
destruction of the Bastille, 108, 109;
Louis XVI takes up residence in, 109;
famine, 151;
return of the court to, 151;
municipal reform, 153;
N. returns to (May 28, 1792), 173;
N.'s impoverished condition in, 173;
great outburst of sedition, 174;
Marseilles sends a deputation to, 174;
the barricades on August 10, 1792, 177;
N. and Elisa in, 182;
N.'s residences in (Holland Patriots' Hotel), 183;
(Fossés Montmartre), 264;
(Michodière Street), 295;
(Chantereine Street), ii. 28;
(Victory Street), 84;
massacres of royalist prisoners, i. 183;
overturn of municipal government, 187;
committee of surveillance, 188, 189;
prison massacres in (Sept. 2-6, 1792), 188;
representation in the National Convention, 188;
condemnation and execution of Louis XVI, 195;
establishment of the revolutionary tribunal, 207;
N. at (1793), 223;
scenes of the Terror, 251;
N.'s sojourn in (1795), 264, 280 et seq.; 289, 295;
influence in political movements, 266;
bread riots, 273;
Jacobin plots, 273;
critical condition of affairs, 273, 277, 280;
social life (1795, 1796), 280-285, 290, 291, 316;
hatred of the National Convention in, 282;
military preparations, 283, 298, 299;
royalist plots against, 298;
critical condition of affairs, 298-301;
rebellion against the Convention, 299 et seq.;
the 13th Vendémiaire, 301-305;
restoration of order, 305;
N. cows the low elements in, 308;
rejoicings in, over Piedmontese successes, 363;
glorification of N. in (1796), 365;
receptacle for plundered works of art, 369;
"the capital of European liberties," 369;
spring elections of 1797, ii. 2;
critical condition of affairs, 3;
royalist intrigues, the Clichy faction, 3, 5, 7;
necessity for a powerful general in, 5, 7;
Barras schemes to bring troops to, 6;
the 18th of Fructidor, 8;
N.'s remittances to, 13;
feeling in, over the treaty of Campo Formio, 22;
return of N. to (1797), 26-31;
the "Street of Victory," 28;
plot and counterplot in, 36;
distrust of N. in (1798), 49;
popular ideas in, concerning the Egyptian campaign, 68;
N.'s triumphant progress from Fréjus to, 83;
hatred of the Terror, 94, 95;
N.'s reception in (from Egypt), 95-102;
banquet to N. in St. Sulpice, 100, 101;
N. appointed commander of the troops, 102 et seq.;
the 18th Brumaire, 103 et seq.; iv. [258];
Fouché closes the barriers, ii. 109;
apportionment of the guards in, 109;
N. reopens the barriers, 109;
the 19th Brumaire, 111 et seq.;
weeding out old republican politicians from, 125;
warlike feeling in (1800), 145;
welcomes N. from Marengo, 185;
N.'s relations with polite society in, 199;
service in honor of the Concordat, 216;
schemes of the Duc d'Enghien's supporters in, 240;
explosion of infernal machine in Rue St. Nicaise, 240;
Mme. de Staël exiled from, 259;
restoration of street names, 258;
improved social conditions, 259;
the press of, attacks England, 271;
center of the government, 279;
feeling in, concerning N.'s court at Aachen, 339;
coronation of N., 339, 340, 342-345;
prospects of coming war in, 312;
fickleness of society in, 312;
abuse of Austria and Russia by press, 361;
N. returns to (Jan. 27, 1806), 406;
affection for N. in, 407;
N. proposes to introduce bull-fights, 409;
N. leaves for Mainz, 422;
relics of Frederick the Great sent to, 437;
official reports from Eylau in, iii. 17;
the situation in (1807), 24 et seq.;
the head and body of France, 24;
sensitiveness of the Bourse, 24;
Mme. de Staël returns to, and again expelled from, 26;
the situation in, after Friedland, 36;
proposal that Alexander visit, 50;
question of the cardinal at, 69;
return of N. from Tilsit to, 72;
public works, 74, 380;
Jewish Sanhedrim in, iii. 76;
social vices in, 92;
Tolstoi's reception at, 108;
the soul of France, 151, 160; iv. [92], [99];
the divorce scandal in, iii. 180;
N. returns from Spain to (Jan. 6, 1809), 188;
N. returns from Vienna to, 241, 245;
N.'s second marriage, 258-261;
the College of Cardinals transplanted from Rome to, 258, 264;
rejoicings in, over birth of the king of Rome, 302, 303;
a rival to Rome as capital of the Western empire, 307;
remembrance of the Terror, 323;
monarchical sentiment in, 323;
importance of N.'s presence in, 372;
the Malet conspiracy in, 375; 376;
treachery in, 412;
the allies, advance on, iv. [40], [41], [61], [65], [71], [90], [96]-103, [110], [113], [219];
gloom and panic in, [51], [81], [98], [104], [108], [109], [117], [166];
N.'s public appearances in, [51], [52];
the national-guard, [53];
defense of, [59], [73], [85], [96], [97], [99], [105]-112;
Joseph acting regent in, [61];
Blücher's advance toward, [76];
sends reinforcements to N., [80], [86];
N.'s resolution to abandon, [91];
N.'s march toward, [104], [105], [157];
surrender of, [105], [113];
the Empress's flight from, [106]-112, [117];
intrigue in, [107];
royalist influences in, [108];
in communication with Marmont, [109];
summoned to surrender, [109];
armistice before, [109];
looking for N. in, [112];
fighting before, [111];
not to be sacked, [112], [113];
entrance of the allies, [113], [117], [118], [221];
council of the allies and French diplomats, [114];
royalist enthusiasm in, [113]-117;
assents to the overthrow of N., [115];
the white cockade in, [115], [147];
plans for the recovery of, [117];
reception of Louis XVIII in, [133];
riots in, at burial of an actress, [146];
secret longings for N.'s return in, [147];
the garrison put under arms, [149];
disappearance of the government, [158];
raising the imperialist standard in, [158];
placard on the Vendôme column, [158];
excitement in, [158];
arrival of N. in, [159];
treaty of, [165];
the news of Waterloo and Ligny in, [215], [216];
N. returns from Waterloo to, [217];
formation of a new Directory, [218];
appointment of a committee of public safety, [218];
N. offers to defend, [220];
possibility of reassembling an army in, [222].
Paris, Forest of, formation of the Prussians behind, iv. [202].
Paris, Marquis de, leads the Parisian mob, i. 151.
Paris sections, the day of the, i. 302-312.
Parker, Sir Hyde, at battle of Copenhagen, ii. 209.
Parliament of Paris, reconstitution of the, i. 106;
contest with Louis XVI, 106;
banished from the capital, 106.
Parma, intrigue in the court of, i. 345;
plundered of works of art, 369;
N.'s leniency to, 421;
N.'s influence in, 448;
N.'s violation of neutrality of, ii. 144;
secured to France, 204;
adopts the French Code, 354;
creation of hereditary duchy of, 395;
Cambacérès created Duke of, iii. 86
(see also [Cambacérès]);
ecclesiastical reforms and confiscations in, 263;
position in the French Empire, 279;
granted to Maria Louisa, iv. [133].
Parma, Duke of, submission of, i. 359;
plan to give the Papal States to, ii. 18;
N.'s promises to, 332.
Parthe, River, military movements on the, iv. [27].
Parthenopean Republic, the, proclaimed, ii. 87;
abandonment of, 203-205;
fate of its admiral Caraccioli, 300.
Parthians, Roman campaigns against the, iii. 325.
Pasquier, Baron de, attitude toward N., ii. 95;
prefect of police, iii. 376;
episode of the Malet conspiracy, 377;
imperial prefect, iv. [106].
Passarge, River, military operations on the, iii. 19, 22, 26, 28.
Passariano, N.'s headquarters at, ii. 20, 23, 24.
Passau, apportioned to Bavaria, ii. 266, 391;
N.'s line of retreat to, 392.
Passeyr, the estates of, conferred upon Hofer's family, iii. 242.
Patterson, Elizabeth, married to Jerome Buonaparte, ii. 257.
Paul I, succeeds Catherine II, i. 425;
institutes the second coalition, ii. 86;
incensed at George III, 141;
demands Thugut's dismissal, 142;
incensed at Austria, 142, 154;
withdraws from the coalition, 142;
seeks control of Malta, 141, 154, 193;
friendship with N. and France, 142, 154, 193, 263;
plan for invasion of India and partition of Asia, 154;
receives the sword of Valetta from N., 154;
aims to destroy Austria's power, 194;
accuses England and Austria of treachery, 194;
concludes alliance with N., 209;
assassinated, 210, 330, 380; iii. 37;
effect of his death on France, ii. 210;
antipathy to Great Britain, 263;
supports the House of Savoy, 332.
See also [Russia].
"Paul and Virginia," iii. 297.
Paunsdorf, military operations near, iv. [32].
Pavia, the sack of, i. 361;
military operations near, ii. 175.
Pawnbrokerage in France, iii. 77.
Peasant proprietors, at outbreak of the Revolution, i. 102, 104.
Peccadeuc, Picot de, N.'s enemy, i. 65.
Pelet, Gen., charges Berthier with treachery, iii. 206;
on the battle of Aspern, 219;
denies the story of Lannes's death-bed, 224;
in battle of Waterloo, iv. [207].
Pelham, Thomas, employs Méhée de la Touche, ii. 297.
Peltier, J. G., publishes "L'Ambigu," ii. 270;
prosecuted for libeling N., 271.
Penal Code, the, iii. 295.
Peninsula, Peninsular War. See [Portugal]; [Spain].
Pensions, reforms in French, i. 142.
Pension system, iii. 87.
Pepin the Short, coronation of, ii. 325.
Peraldi, associated with N. in Corsica, i. 117;
becomes an enemy of N., 165, 170;
seeks election in National Guard of Corsica, 166;
ordered to prepare fleet at Toulon, 187;
seeks to arrest N., 202.
Perceval, Spencer, assassination of, iii. 378;
mismanagement of English affairs, iv. [161], [162].
Peretti, his name reprobated in Corsica, i. 121;
vote of censure on, 133;
seeks election in National Guard of Corsica, 165.
Permon, Mme., N.'s friendship with, i. 62, 178, 284-286;
friendship with Salicetti, 284-286;
correspondence with N., 285;
declines N.'s matrimonial offer, 312;
notable saying of, ii. 130.
Perpignan, reinforcements for Augereau from, iv. [94].
Perponcher, Gen. G. H., in battle of Quatre Bras, iv, [180].
Perregaux, Comte de, royalist intrigues of, iv. [112].
Persia, proposed Indian expeditions via, ii. 209;
Sebastiani's mission to, 272-274;
treaty with France, iii. 20, 21;
N. arranges treaty between Turkey and, 20, 21;
incited to invade India, 21;
proposed rupture with England, 21;
N. studies the history of, 166;
N.'s intercourse with, 314;
Themistocles's refuge in, iv. [227].
Perthes, Macdonald at, iv. [103].
Peru, scheme of a Bourbon monarchy in, iii. 134, 142.
Peschiera, seized by Beaulieu, i. 361, 371;
French occupation of, 372, 379;
the revolutionary movement in, 428;
disarmament of, 442.
"Peter the Great," by Carrion-Nisas, ii. 350.
Peterswald, military movements near, iv. [10], [15].
Petit, Gen., at review of the Guard at Fontainebleau, iv. [118];
N.'s farewell to, [136].
Petit Trianon, N. secures the library from, iv. [219], [227].
Peyrusse, corruption of, iv. [5];
keeper of N.'s purse at Elba, [152].
Pfaffenhofen, military movements near, iii. 206.
Phélippeaux, A. de, N.'s enemy, i. 65;
superintends the defense of Acre, ii. 71, 73;
parley with N. at Acre, 79.
Phenicia, the history of, iv. [293].
Philip, Don, of Spain, ii. 205.
Philip le Bel, schemes of world-conquest, ii. 46.
Philippe "Égalité," despicable actions of, i. 151;
scheme for his son, 331.
Philippeville, N. at, iv. [211], [216].
"Philosophical and Political History of the Two Indies," N.'s study of, ii. 47.
"Philosophic Visions" (Mercier), N.'s study of, ii. 53.
Phrases:
Alfieri:
"Italia virtuosa, magnanima, libera, et una," ii. 232.
Anonymous or unassigned (see also Popular, infra):
[A lady] "fond of men when they are polite," iii. 179.
"A mystery in the soul of state," iii. 389.
"Democracy an excellent workhorse, but a poor charger; a good hack, but an untrustworthy racer," iv. [265].
"Everything has been restored except the two million Frenchmen who died for liberty," ii. 216.
"Freedom of the seas and the invasion of England," ii. 360.
[Bonaparte] "his consular majesty," ii. 293.
A Paris actor:
"J'ai fait des rois madame, et n'ai pas voulu l'être," ii. 205.
"Legislative eunuchs," ii. 151.
[Louis XVIII] "learned nothing and forgot nothing," iv. [132].
[The army chest] "a French Providence, which made the laurel a fertile tree, the fruits of which had nourished the brave whom its branches covered," iii. 296.
Arndt:
"Freedom and Austria," iii. 195.
Berthier:
"By general's reckoning, not that of the office," ii. 169.
Cambronne:
"The guard dies but never surrenders," iv. [210].
Charles IV:
A king "who had nothing further to live for than his Louise and his Emmanuel," iii. 166.
Coignet:
"Providence and courage never abandon the good soldier," iii. 326.
Congress of Vienna:
[Napoleon] "the enemy and disturber of the world's peace," iv. [162].
Czartoryski:
"Paradomania," iii. 50.
Dalberg:
"The monkey [Talleyrand] would not risk burning the tip of his paw even if all the chestnuts were for himself," iv. [108].
Princess Dolgoruki:
[The First Consul's residence] "is not exactly a court, but it is no longer a camp," ii. 196.
Gentz:
"The war for the emancipation of states bids fair to become one for the emancipation of the people," iv. [40].
Goethe:
"A great man can be recognized only by his peers," iii. 173.
Kutusoff:
"The plain gentleman of Pskoff," iii. 383.
Machiavelli:
"Friends must be treated as if one day they might be enemies," ii. 256.
Marmont:
"The tube of a funnel," iv. [26].
Napoleon:
"About to produce a great novelty," iv. [153].
"A great man—one who can command the situations he creates," iv. [21].
"A kind of vermin which I have in my clothes," ii. 242.
"A lion's advice," iii. 352.
"A man like me troubles himself little about a million men," iii. 418.
"A thing must needs be done before the announcement of your plan," iii. 66.
"Bullets have been flying about our legs these twenty years," iii. 364.
"Credit is but a dispensation from paying cash," iii. 389.
"Emperor of the Continent," iii. 308.
"Enemy's lands make enemy's goods," ii. 441.
[England a] "nation of traders," ii. 292.
"Everything to-morrow," iii. 411.
"Fortune is a woman; the more she does for me, the more I shall exact from her," i. 366.
"Forty centuries look down upon you from ... the Pyramids," ii. 60.
"Gathered to strike; separated to live," ii. 367.
See also p. 378.
"Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten," iii. 347.
"God hath given it [the crown of Italy] to me; let him beware who touches it," ii. 353.
"Great battles are won with artillery," iii. 403.
"I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms," iv. [129].
"I am determined to be the last [the bottomless chasm] shall swallow up," iv. [79].
"I am driven onward to a goal which I know not," iii. 325.
"I am the god of the day," ii. 117.
"I cannot be everywhere," ii. 376. (Cf. "The enemy's strength," infra.)
"Ideologist," iv. [292].
"I feel the infinite in me," iv. [262].
"If there be one soldier among you who wishes to kill his Emperor, he can. I come to offer myself to your assaults," iv. [155].
"I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches," ii. 366.
"I have never found the limit of my capacity for work," iii. 210.
"I have often slept two in a bed, but never three," iii. 41.
"I leave my army to come and share the national perils," ii. 97.
"I may find in Spain the Pillar of Hercules, but not the limits of my power," iii. 158.
"In our day no one has conceived anything great; it falls to me to give the example," i. 366.
"In war the moral element and public opinion are half the battle," iii. 393.
"In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence," iii. 208.
"I pray God to have you in his holy keeping," ii. 407.
"I shall conduct this war [Saxon campaign] as General Bonaparte," iii. 403.
"It is ... courageous to survive unmerited bad fortune," iv. [134].
"It rains hard, but that does not stop the march of the grand army," iv. [22]. (Cf. "While others," etc., infra.)
"I walk with the goddess of fortune, accompanied by the god of war," ii. 113.
"Liberty and equality ... put beyond caprice of chance and uncertainty of the future," ii. 247.
"Masters of the channel for six hours, we are masters of the world," ii. 332.
"My generals are a parcel of post inspectors," iii. 158.
"Metaphysicians ... fit only to be drowned," ii. 242.
"My enemies make appointments at my tomb," iii. 246.
"My master has no bowels, and that master is the nature of things," iii. 110.
[Napoleon determined to] "conquer the sea by land," iii. 3.
[Napoleon] "shows himself terrible at the first moment," ii. 439.
[Napoleon] "the minister of the power of God, and his image on earth," ii. 408.
[Napoleon's] "library," iii. 388.
[Ney] "the bravest of the brave," iii. 359.
"Perfidious and tyrannical Great Britain," iii. 150.
[Singing the tune of Tilsit] "according to the written score," iii. 65.
"Spurred and booted ruler," ii. 145.
"Tête ... armée," iv. [235].
"The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior," ii. 165.
[The Concordat] "the vaccine of religion," ii. 216.
"The Ebro is nothing but a line," iii. 158.
"The enemy's strength seems great [to the division commanders] wherever I am not," iv. [7]. (Cf. "I cannot," etc., supra.)
"The finances are falling into disorder, and ... need war," iii. 308.
"The game of chess is becoming confused," iv. [21].
"The genius of France and Providence will be on our side," iv. [75].
"The growlers," iv. [118], [123], [132].
"The new Pillars of Hercules," iii. 308.
"The pear is not yet ripe," ii. 52. (For the ripening of the pear, see ii. 99, 229.)
"The Revolution is planted on the principles from which it proceeded. It is ended," ii. 137.
"The Spanish ulcer," iii. 265.
"The sun of Austerlitz," ii. 392.
"The system of hither and thither," iv. [18], [19], [25].
"The worse the troops the greater the need of artillery," iii. 403.
"This is the moment when characters of a superior sort assert themselves," ii. 65.
"This movement makes or mars me," iv. [97].
"Three years more, and I am lord of the universe," iii. 308.
"To have the right of using nations, you must begin by serving them well," iv. [296].
"To honor and serve the Emperor is to honor and serve God," ii. 408.
"To strike a salutary terror into others," ii. 311.
"Victor of Austerlitz," ii. 392.
"Vous êtes un homme," iii. 173.
"War is like government, a matter of tact," i. 364.
[War with Russia] "a scene in an opera," iii. 318.
"We'll pass these few winter days as best we may; then we'll try to spend the spring in another fashion," iv. [151]
"We must pull on the boots and the resolution of 93," iv. [72].
"Wherever ... water to float a ship, there ... a British standard," iv. [227].
"Which has been the happiest age of humanity?" iii. 175.
"While others were taking counsel the French army was marching," ii. 434. (Cf. "It rains hard," supra.)
"Why am I not my grandson?" iv. [287].
"You manage men with toys," ii. 246.
Nelson:
"England expects every man to do his duty," ii. 373.
"In case signals cannot be seen or clearly understood, no captain can do wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy," ii. 373.
"Westminster Abbey or victory," ii. 63.
Ney:
"A marshal of the Empire has never surrendered," iii. 364.
Mme. Permon:
"The pike is eating the other two fish," ii. 130.
Pitt (concerning):
The "Austerlitz look," ii. 393.
Pius VII:
[Bonaparte the Pope's] "son in Christ Jesus," ii. 339.
Popular:
"Armed men spring up at the stamp of his foot," iii. 386.
"Ban," and "arrière ban" (feudal terms), iv. [55].
"Bautzen Messenger-boy," the, iv. [20].
[Blücher] "Marshal Forward," iv. [98].
"Emperor of the Gauls," ii. 319.
"Enemy's ships make enemy's goods," ii. 441.
"Equality," ii. 221.
"Fighting with the legs instead of with the bayonets," ii. 429.
"France the most beautiful land next to the kingdom of heaven," iii. 7.
"French fury," iv. [171]. (Cf. "Furia francesca," ii. 391.)
"Frenchmen, awake; the Emperor is waking," iv. [147].
"He has been and will be," iv. [158].
"His sacred Majesty," ii. 407.
"Liberty of the seas," ii. 236, 263.
"Marie Louises," the, iv. [51].
"Mother Moscow," "the holy city," iii. 347.
"Napoladron," iii. 292.
"Napoleon, by the grace of God Emperor," ii. 407.
[Napoleon] "perhaps an angel, perhaps a devil,—certainly not a man," iii. 415.
"Napoleon the Great," ii. 407.
"Neutral flag, neutral goods," ii. 263.
"Neutral ships make neutral goods; free ships, free goods," ii. 212.
"Paternal anarchy," iv. [147], [149].
"Ragusade," iv. [127].
"Robbing the cradle and the grave," iii. 386.
"Sauve qui peut," iv, [210].
"The Emperor's last victory," iv.
[50].
"The fountain of honor," ii. 246.
"The liberator of Poland," ii. 444.
"The little corporal," i. 362; iv. [118], [154].
"The man of God, the anointed of the Lord," ii. 407.
"The Napoleon of Potsdam and Schönbrunn," iv. [117].
"The return of the hero," ii. 97.
Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely:
"The unhappy man [Napoleon] will undo himself, undo us all, undo everything," iii. 325.
Revolution, Motto of the:
France, "one and indivisible," ii. 344.
St. André:
"The fate of the world depends on a kick or two," iii. 422.
Savigny:
[The Code Napoléon] "a political malady," ii. 223.
Sieyès:
"Une poire pour la soif," ii. 130.
Soult:
"An inspiration is nothing but a calculation made with rapidity," iv. [248].
Talleyrand:
"Italy the flank of France; Spain its natural continuation; and Holland its alluvium," iii. 282.
"Napoleon's civilization that of Roman history," iii. 179.
"Pleasure will not move at the drum-tap," iii. 94.
"Society will pardon much to a man of the world, but cheating at cards never," iii. 151.
"There is no empire not founded on the marvelous, and here the marvelous is the truth," iv. [250].
Vandamme:
"That devil of a man," iii. 93.
Villeneuve:
"Any captain not under fire is not at his post, and a signal to recall him would be a disgrace," ii. 273.
Wellington:
"I must fight him here [Waterloo]," iv. [178].
"Old Blücher has had a —— good licking," iv. [184].
"Up, Guards! make ready!" iv. [209].
Zacharias, Pope:
"He is king who has the power," ii. 325.
Piacenza, military operations near, i. 358, 359; ii. 175;
Loison at, 177;
adopts the French Code, 354;
creation of hereditary duchy of, 396;
Lebrun created Duke of, iii. 86.
See also [Lebrun].
Piacenza, Duke of, submission of, i. 359.
Piave River, military operations on the, i. 387, 388, 430, 432.
Picardy, movement of troops to, ii. 24.
Pichegru, Gen. Charles, N.'s early acquaintance with, i. 216;
called to command Paris troops, 272;
conquers the Austrian Netherlands, 273, 275;
suspected of intrigue, 278;
royalist schemes of, 298; ii. 161, 298;
a product of Carnot's system, i. 332;
conquest of Holland, ii. 6;
plans a coup d'état, 5;
exposure of his treachery in 1795, 5, 6;
proscribed, 8;
implicated with Moreau, 72, 164, 299;
escapes from Guiana, 161;
heads royalist rising in Provence, 161;
fall and death, 298, 299;
leads royalist plot, 298;
Savary suspected of complicity in death of, 412;
funeral mass celebrated for, iv. [146].
Picton, Sir T., in Waterloo campaign, iv. [173];
battle of Waterloo, [201];
killed, [201].
Piedmont, military operations in, i. 213, 256, 347, 352 et seq.;
troops of, enter Savoy, 222;
French movement against, 246;
N. advises against advancing into, 247;
Austro-Sardinian operations in (1794), 341;
revolutionary spirit in, 345;
conquest of, 352-362, 373;
army separated from Austrians, 354;
successes in, 363;
French propositions to organize republic in, 363, 373;
loses island of St. Peter, ii. 13;
incorporated with the Ligurian Republic, 38;
Moreau's last stand in, 83;
held by Suvaroff, 141;
held by Austria, 145, 160;
tribute levied on, 186;
incorporated with France, 232, 267, 272, 281;
Jourdan's pacification of, 323;
Alexander I demands indemnity for, 348;
ecclesiastical reforms and confiscations in, iii. 263;
parallel between the Waterloo campaign and that in, iv. [170].
Piedmontese, in French service, ii. 14.
Piktupönen, Frederick William and Hardenberg at, iii. 42;
Frederick William's stay at, 60.
"Pillars of Hercules, the new," iii 308.
Pillau, Napoleon demands, as a pledge, iii. 36.
French military stores in, 333.
Pinckney, C. C., Talleyrand attempts to corrupt, ii. 34.
Piombino, given to Elisa (Buonaparte) Bacciocchi, ii. 354, 356.
See also [Lucca and Piombino].
Pirch, Gen., in Waterloo campaign, iv. [172], [205].
Piré, Gen., ordered to Quatre Bras, iv. [176].
Pirna, Vandamme at, iv. [8]-11;
Mortier at, [12], [18];
sickness of N. at, [12], [131];
N. abandons, [17];
N. moves on, [18].
Pisa, Carlo Buonaparte at, i. 29.
Pitt, William, Jr., prime minister of England, i. 195;
takes active measures against France, 221;
difficulties of his administration, 448, 449;
anxiety for peace after Leoben, ii. 12;
declines to negotiate with N., 143;
delusion concerning N. and France, 143;
denounces N. as the destroyer of Europe, 144;
advocates restoration of the Bourbons, 144;
policy toward France, 208, 329-331, 360, 405; iii. 399;
British confidence in, ii. 208;
falls from power on the Catholic Emancipation question, 208;
calls for defense of the kingdom, 292;
raises volunteers, 292;
returns to power, 329;
his policy of European coalitions, 329-331;
becomes prime minister, 337;
on France's designs against England, 337;
success of his efforts, 356;
reception of the news of Austerlitz, 393;
death, 393;
Fox compelled to adopt his program, 405;
England returns to his policy, iii. 399.
Pius VI, signs treaty of Tolentino, i. 350;
ransoms Bologna, 374;
prepares to recover lost territory, 398;
quarrel with France, 401;
N.'s problem concerning, 405;
hostilities by, 409;
campaign against, 419-423;
his army dispersed, 421;
expresses gratitude to N., 423;
N.'s conquest of, ii. 9;
ill health, ii, persecution of, 39;
withdraws to Siena, 39;
stripped of his possessions, 39;
death, burial, and memorial services, 39, 131, 206, 216.
Pius VII, election of, ii. 206;
resumes temporal power, 207;
removes the ban from Talleyrand, 216;
relations with N., 216, 339 et seq.; iii. 68, 118, 391;
the matter of N.'s coronation, ii. 325, 339-346 et seq.;
refuses to receive Mme. Talleyrand, 326;
his demands for the Church, 326;
at Fontainebleau, 340;
his humiliation and return to Rome, 344-347;
refuses a divorce to Jerome Buonaparte, 396;
neutrality in the Austerlitz campaign, ii. 396;
desires unity of the German Church, 402;
refuses to recognize Joseph's sovereignty, iii. 68;
N.'s ultimatum to, 68;
refuses to join the French federation against England, 118;
his demands on N., 118;
concessions to N.'s demands, 118;
prisoner at Grenoble, 119, 242;
disbandment of the Noble Guard, 118;
a fainéant prince in the Quirinal, 119;
issues bull, June 10, 1809, 119;
wearing effect of N.'s quarrel with, 119;
indemnity for, 215;
deposed from the temporal power, 215, 242, 249;
retains his ecclesiastical position, 242;
excommunicates N. and his adherents, 242;
imprisoned at Savona, 243, 306;
removed from Rome to Fontainebleau, 243;
refuses to renounce the secular power, 242;
in Florence, 242;
does not recognize N.'s divorce, 259;
provision of residence and revenue for, 263;
the second quarrel of investitures, 263;
relations with the Gallican Church, 263, 264;
inflexibility of, 263;
De Maistre on the supineness of, 264;
contrasted with Innocent II, 264;
partial submission of, 305;
refuses to institute N.'s nominees as bishops, 306;
prisoner at Fontainebleau, 377, 390;
hostility of the French ecclesiastics to, 391;
the Concordat of Fontainebleau, 391;
interviews with N. at Fontainebleau, 391;
restoration of Roman domains to, 391;
residence at Avignon, 391;
retracts his assent, 391;
release of, iv. [52];
humiliation of, [256].
Pizzighettone, French occupation of, i. 372.
Placentia, ecclesiastical reforms and confiscations in, iii. 263;
granted to Maria Louisa, iv. [133].
Plagwitz, fighting near, iv. [30].
"Plain," the, position in the National Convention, i. 188.
Plancenoit, fighting at, iv. [205].
Plancy, military movements near, iv. [89].
Plato, N.'s study of, i. 95.
Platoff, Count M. I., harasses the French retreat from Moscow, iii. 359, 364.
Plauen, fighting near, iv. [10];
Austrians driven into, [10].
Plebiscites, of Dec. 15, 1799, ii. 129, 136;
of May, 1802, 245-247;
of 1804, 324.
Pleisse, River, military operations on the, iv. [27], [28].
Plombières, Josephine's coterie at, ii. 85.
Plutarch, N.'s study of, i. 78; ii. 47.
Plymouth Sound, the "Bellerophon" in, iv. [222].
Po, River, the country of the, i. 356; ii. 175-178;
military operations on the, i. 358, 359, 381, 441; ii. 172-174, 175, 176, 185.
Point-du-Jour, Sérurier's guard at the, ii. 108.
Poischwitz, armistice of, iii. 414-418, 420; iv. [66], [197], [288].
Poland, partition of, i. 220, 420, 425; ii. 354, 414, 444; iii. 22, 50;
Austria's gaze on, i. 325;
French schemes for the reconstruction of, ii. 42-44;
Alexander I's designs concerning, 356; iii. 45, 309, 316, 384; iv. [67];
Alexander retreats to, ii. 391;
extension of the French empire in, 396;
sack of, 440;
N.'s opportunity to save, 445;
pro-Napoleon enthusiasm in, 445; iii. 17, 331;
dissensions in, ii. 445;
N.'s policy concerning, iii. 1, 8, 18, 45, 56, 214, 244, 314, 331; iv. [30];
French occupation of, iii. 4, 7;
enlistments from, under the French eagles, 3, 202, 324;
N. organizes government for, 8;
N. "the liberator of," 10;
horrors of the winter campaign in, 18;
a new field of warfare for N., 18;
new levies ordered in, 20;
morale of the French army in, 45;
proposed transfer to the King of Saxony, 50;
proposed new kingdom of, 56;
Prussian provinces ceded to Warsaw, 62;
possible restoration of, 65, 108, 244, 312-315, 322; iv. [298];
war indemnity exacted from, iii. 78;
French nobility endowed with lands in, 87;
strengthening the French forces in, 117;
dangers of withdrawing Russian troops from, 117;
Davout recalled from, 165;
reliance on N., 196, 316;
invaded by Archduke Ferdinand, 201;
concentration of troops at Warsaw, 203;
Archduke Ferdinand's vicissitudes in, 212;
enlargement of, 248;
second partition of, 309;
schemes of Alexander and Czartoryski in regard to, 309, 316;
rupture between Alexander and N. over, 310 et seq.;
Alexander refuses to restore the integrity of, 311;
the patriots of, in Warsaw, 313;
movement of Russian troops toward, 317;
factor in the Russian war of, 1812, 328;
N.'s mistake in not restoring, 331;
Abbé de Pradt's mission from Dresden to, 331;
the Diet of Warsaw begs for the reconstruction of, 331;
possible schemes of French annexation of, 331;
Czartoryski's ambitions in, 383;
Kutusoff's advance through, 395;
Prussia seeks to recover part of, 395-400;
Bennigsen in, iv. [3];
N. offers to renounce, [30];
the extinction of, [298].
Poles, seek alliance with France, i. 420;
in French service, 437; ii. 14;
military service in Italy, 42;
N.'s policy of winning, iii. 214;
loyalty to N., 315; iv. [35];
N.'s waning prestige among, iii. 335.
Polish Church, N.'s threat to liberate it from Rome, iii. 68.
Politics, the art of, i. 72;
N.'s passion for, and study of, 94, 114, 126, 150, 199.
Polygamy, forbidden by the French Sanhedrim, iii. 76;
N. upholds, iv. [231].
Polytechnic School, founding of the, i. 281; ii. 225-227;
calling out of students of, iv. [109].
Pomerania, Prussia recommended to seize, ii. 420;
Gustavus IV commanding in, iii. 36;
Prussia retains her strongholds in, 42;
N. promises to restore to Sweden, 268;
Bernadotte's kindly treatment of, 280;
Davout occupies Swedish, 321;
offered to Bernadotte, 399.
Pomerania, Duke of, seeks representation at Congress of Rastatt, ii. 27.
Pompei, member of the directory of Corsica, i. 133.
Poniatowski, Prince J. A., relies on N.'s good will, ii. 445;
Archduke Ferdinand's pursuit of, iii. 211;
reoccupies Warsaw, 212;
strength of his corps, March, 1812, 323;
doubts Lithuania's rising, 326;
battle of Borodino, 344;
battle of Wiazma, 359;
claims to the Polish throne, 383;
fails to keep Russia out of Warsaw, 385;
commanding in Galicia, 402;
at Fischbach, iv. [18];
battle of Leipsic, [29], [32], [34];
drowned in the Elster, [34].
Ponsonby, Sir W., in battle of Waterloo, iv. [202].
Pont d'Austerlitz, iii. 74.
Pont des Arts, iii. 74.
Pont d'Jena, iii. 74.
Pontebba Pass, battles in, i. 433.
Ponte Corvo, Bernadotte created Prince of, ii. 396; iii. 86.
See also [Bernadotte].
Pontécoulant, Doulcet de, uses influence on N.'s behalf, i. 292;
retired from the central committee, 295;
N.'s relations with, ii. 3.
Ponte-Nuovo, battle of, i. 23;
N. visits the battle-ground at, 132.
Pont Royal, the mêlée at the, i. 303.
Popular government, the rise of, i. 109.
Popular representation without eyes, ears, or power, ii. 126.
Porcil, military operations near, i, 391.
Portalis, J. E. M., councilor of state, ii. 214;
on committee to draft the Code, 222;
minister of public worship, 346.
Portland, Duke of, prime minister of England, iii. 46, 69.
Port Mahon, i. 22.
Porto Ferrajo, seized by England, i. 398;
arrival of the exile at, iv. [141];
N.'s residence at, [143];
danger of N.'s remaining in, [152].
Porto Legnago, Augereau driven into, i. 409.
Port Royal, education of Josephine de la Pagerie at, i. 313.
Portsmouth, Nelson sails for, ii. 359.
Portugal, growth of liberal ideas in, i. 276;
war with Spain, ii. 18;
joins the second coalition, 90;
France offers peace to, 154;
alliances with England, 154, 332;
N.'s problems in, 203 et seq.;
forced contribution levied on, 205; iii. 119;
abandons English alliance, ii. 205;
compelled to close her harbors to English ships, 205; iii. 67;
France guarantees integrity of, ii. 211;
neutrality of, 289, 332; iii. 67, 120;
Spanish invasion of, ii. 332;
proposed commercial war against England, iii. 55;
N. calls for alliance with, 66;
seizure of her fleet by England, 67;
Junot's army on the borders of, 67;
proposed acquisition by Spain, 67, 121;
movement of English troops into, 111, 121;
the situation in, 118;
French invasion of, 120 et seq.; 151;
obeys the Berlin and Milan decrees, 119;
closing of the harbors, 119;
rupture of diplomatic relations between France and, 119;
dynastic troubles in, 119;
democracy in, 119, 120;
proposed partition of, 120;
commerce with England, 120;
Spain coöperates with France against, 121;
seizure of fortresses by France, 121;
flight of Don John from, 121;
escape of the fleet from the Tagus, 121;
revulsion of feeling against Junot in, 122;
fraternization of the people with Junot's army, 122;
appointment of a council of regency, 122;
Junot's military administration in, 122;
applies to England for help, 122;
insurrections against French rule, 122;
N. offers the crown to Lucien, 129;
intrigues for the throne of, 129;
Junot appointed governor of, 132;
to be given to a Bonaparte prince, 133;
France proposes an exchange for, 133;
the crown offered to Murat, 147;
destruction of her commerce, 151;
Junot's occupation of, 156;
French evacuation of, 157;
Lord Wellesley enters, 157;
intensity of the rebellion in, 185;
sympathy with Spain, 186;
supposed English scheme to abandon, 187;
Wellesley expels the French from, 236;
England's loss of trade with, 272;
reinforcements for the English army in, 284;
English failures in, 283;
held by Wellington, 283;
Masséna invades, 284;
Junot aspires to the crown of, 287;
Soult aspires to the crown of, 287, 296;
Soult's invasion of (1809), 286;
Wellington retreats to, 289, 290;
N. proposes to restore, to the House of Braganza, 319;
member of the Vienna coalition, iv. [164];
N.'s dread of capture in, [220].
Posen, N. in, ii. 444; iii. 331;
expected scene of operations, 1;
French occupation of, 12;
incorporated into the grand duchy of Warsaw, 56;
Eugène assumes command at, 385;
Murat abandons the army at, 393.
Potemkin, Prince, N. seeks service with, i. 216.
Potsdam, treaty of, ii. 377, 390;
N. at, 437.
Pougy, military operations near, iv. [89].
Pozzo di Borgo, Count C. A., the Corsican victory of, i. 22;
associated with N. in Corsica, 117;
member of the Directory of Corsica, 133;
delegate to the National Assembly, 133;
N.'s lifelong foe, 165; iii. 314; iv. [98];
attorney-general of Corsica, i. 185;
suspected of intrigue with England, 190;
denounced by N., 206;
ordered to trial, 403;
Russian envoy at Vienna, ii. 445; iii. 178, 314;
on the humiliation of Prussia, 63;
influence at St. Petersburg, 165;
at peace council in Paris, iv. [114].
Pradt, Abbé de, mission from Dresden to Poland, iii. 331.
Prague, Maria Louisa at, iii. 331;
N. acknowledges his mistake in not making peace at, iv. [135].
Prague, Congress of, iii. 417-420; 423; iv. [30], [41], [68].
Prairial, the 30th of, ii. 92.
Pratzen, fighting on the heights of, ii. 383-387.
Preameneu, Bigot de, on committee to draft the Code, ii. 222.
Prefects, the system of, ii. 127.
Pregel, River, military movements on the, iii. 30.
Prenzlau, Hohenlohe's retreat to, ii. 434;
Hohenlohe driven from, 436.
Presburg, treaty of, ii. 391, 405; iii. 55, 109, 195, 200;
military operations near, 226, 230;
Archduke John at, 227, 230.
Press, the, freedom of, decreed, i. 110;
demand for freedom of in Corsica, 116;
condition in France, 281;
members of, proscribed, ii. 8;
abolition of liberty of, 8, 145;
N. and the liberty of, 23;
muzzling of, 36, 254, 271;
suppression of Jacobin papers, 97;
N.'s use of, 186; iii. 25;
servility to N., ii. 232-235;
censorship of, 234, 235, 296, 350, 362, 397, 417; iii. 25, 88, 160, 297, 300; iv. [146];
in modern France, ii. 254;
N.'s reason for repression of, 254;
liberty of, in England, 271;
N. attempts to muzzle the English, 356;
supervision of the, iv. [51];
abolition of censorship promised, [159].
Press-gang, employment of, in France, ii. 332.
Pretender, the. See [Louis XVIII].
Preussisch-Eylau. See [Eylau].
Préval, Gen., refuses service on d'Enghien courtmartial, ii, 307.
Primary Assembly, the, i. 305.
Primogeniture, N. on, i. 137;
abolished, ii. 223; iii. 84;
its advantages and decay, 84.
Primolano, capture of Wurmser's advance-guard at, i. 384.
"Prince of the Peace," the. See [Godoy].
Pripet, River, Bagration's stand on the, iii. 335.
Privilege, the overthrow of, i. 158.
Privy council, creation of a, ii. 247.
Probstheida, military movements near, iv. [32].
Property rights, N.'s share in codifying the law concerning, ii. 223.
Prossnitz, junction of Russian and Austrian troops at, ii. 379.
Protestants, demand of civil rights, for the, i. 106.
Provence, a tempestuous time in, i. 212;
royalist rising in, ii. 161;
royalist sentiment in, iv. [137];
N.'s reception in, [138], [144];
longing in, for the Emperor's return, [152];
the White Terror in, [222].
Provera, Gen., in Rivoli campaign, i. 406-414;
called to reorganize the Roman army, ii. 39.
Provins, military movements near, iv. [62], [72], [81], [85].
Prowtowski, Gen., accompanies N. to St. Helena, iv. [228].
Prud'hon, Pierre, painter, ii. 351.
Prussia, relations, alliances, etc., with Austria, i. 174, 324; ii. 86, 155, 264, 389, 413; iii. 22, 225, 234, 330; iv. [41], [57];
captures Longwy, i. 179;
expected enmity of, 187;
effect of military successes of, 194;
partition of Poland, 220, 425;
abandons the coalition, 276, 324;
defeats Austria, 325;
uplifting of, and growth of the national spirit in, 325, 350, 425; ii. 41, 154, 415, 417; iii. 37, 44, 62, 95, 103, 106, 137, 159, 161, 193, 213, 225, 319, 327, 382, 385, 391-394, 397, 420, 423;
makes peace with France (1795), i. 341, (1796), 349;
neutrality of, 385; ii. 43, 90, 154-157, 311, 414; iii. 44;
treaty with France (1796), i. 450;
attitude toward France (1797-98), ii. 41-44;
favors secularization of ecclesiastical principalities, 41;
supposed mistaken policy of, 43;
recognizes the Cisalpine Republic, 43;
the center of gravity of Europe, 155;
negotiates with France for Hamburg, 154;
refuses to join the second coalition, 154;
France's assistance to, against Austria, 154;
N. negotiates with, 156;
supremacy in the German Diet, 193;
joins the "armed neutrality," 194;
territories acquired by (1802), 265;
strengthening of, 266;
Ney's check on, 272;
N. dictates her attitude, 1803, 282;
acquiesces in the creation of the empire, 320;
protests against Rumbold's seizure, 331;
negotiates for Hanover, 356-358;
relations with Russia, negotiations and treaties between the two countries, and attitudes of their rulers, 355, 356, 405, 406, 417, 418; iii. 1, 18, 22, 37, 41, 54, 108, 168, 178, 225, 316, 320, 329, 330, 382, 385, 398, 424; iv. [67];
Hardenberg's aim at consolidation, ii. 358;
refuses alliance with England, 358;
to receive Hanover for assistance to France, 361;
garrisons Hanover, 361;
strength compared with France, 361;
violation of her neutrality, 365;
resents Bernadotte's violation of Ansbach, 376;
renounces her neutrality, 377;
decline of her influence, 377;
negotiates for peace, 381;
to close her ports to England, 390;
N. demands offensive and defensive alliance with, 390;
subservience to France, 394;
proposal to give Hamburg, Bremen, and Lübeck to, 400;
alliance with France, 400;
England declares war against, 400;
acquires Hanover, 400, 405;
humiliation of, 400, 406, 443; iii. 22, 37, 44, 56, 62, 65, 161-165;
neutralization of her power, ii. 402;
joins England and Russia, 406;
territorial aggrandizement, 413;
the reigns of the Fredericks, 413, 414;
her army, 413, 414, 418-422, 424, 427, 434, 437; iii. 397, 417; iv. [171];
education in, ii. 415;
condition in 1806, 415;
feudalism in, 414-417;
influence of Queen Louisa in, 415;
the reform party in, 414-417;
exasperation at N. in, 416, 417, 420;
N. demands the disarmament of, 418;
ill effects of aristocratic pride in, 418-420;
advised by N. to seize Pomerania, 420;
N.'s necessity for quick action with, 420-422;
the war party, 420, 427, 428;
hesitation about mobilization, 421;
declares war, 421;
state of war with England, 421;
weakness of, 422;
plan of the campaign, 423, 424, 427;
alliance with Saxony, 429;
moral effect of Jéna upon, 434, 435;
advance of the French through, 435-439;
total defeat of, 436-440;
N.'s treatment of, 436, 441;
plundered of works of art, 439;
sack and rapine in, 439;
unconscionable demands on, 442;
peace negotiations, 442;
abandoned by Saxony, 443;
enlistments from, under the French eagles, iii. 3;
retreat from Pultusk, 4;
N.'s proffered terms to, after Eylau, 18;
proposed rehabilitation of, 18;
N.'s reserve forces in central, 22;
treaty with Russia at Bartenstein, 22;
proposal for a new coalition, 22;
weakness of, 23, 35;
numbers in the field, summer of 1807, 28;
severity of N.'s terms for, 37;
N. grants concessions at Tilsit, 42;
armistice with, 42;
retains strongholds in Silesia and Pomerania, 42;
N.'s attempts to secure alliance with, 44;
interest in Poland, 45;
French liberal idea of France's affinity with, 45;
representatives at Tilsit, 49;
acquisitions of territory, 50;
proposed transfer of Saxony to, 50;
responsibility for her belligerency, 50;
new boundaries, 55;
retains Silesia, 55, 56;
reorganization at Tilsit, 56;
the kingdom of Westphalia carved out of, 56;
treaty of Tilsit, 63
(see also [Tilsit]);
feeling toward Frederick William in, 62;
mutilation of, 62;
war indemnity exacted from, 62, 78;
French occupation of, 63, 99, 104, 108, 116, 166, 307;
effect of the peace of Tilsit on, 95;
fails to raise war indemnity, 99;
closes and fortifies her harbors, 102;
abolition of old land tenures in, 102;
responsibility for the war with France, 102;
the patriotic writers of, 103;
reorganization of the educational system, 103;
abolition of the privy council, 103;
municipal autonomy, 103;
freeing the serfs in, 103;
the "yunker" class, 103;
military reforms in, 103, 104, 162;
the League of Virtue, 103, 161;
subserviency to France, 104;
hostility to France, 106;
pleads bankruptcy, 106;
N. proposes further humiliation of, 107;
N. offers to evacuate, 108, 112, 167;
encouraged to revolt, 159, 161, 163;
civil reforms in, 164;
death of military reforms in, 164;
death of militarism in, 164;
N.'s attitude toward, 178;
endeavors to secure mitigation of N.'s demands, 178;
proposes to reduce her army, 178;
French evacuation of, 178, 182;
effect of battle of Jena on, 190;
military centralization of, 190;
warlike temper in, 195;
the pursuit after Waterloo, 210;
secret armament in, 225;
offer of Warsaw to, 225;
French occupation of the coast, 266;
Mme. de Staël in, 300;
pecuniary demands upon, 307;
treaty with France, Feb. 24, 1812, 320, 330;
N.'s attitude toward, 321;
influence in Germany, 320;
threatened dismemberment of, 320;
renders military aid to France, 320;
furnishes contingent to N.'s army, 324;
N. belittles, 327;
coalition with Austria and Russia, 331;
religious aspect of the European situation in, 382;
N. hints at territorial cessions to, 392;
in grand coalition against N., 393;
forced to a decision, 395;
N. demands more troops from, 395;
advised by Metternich to join Russia, 395;
entry of Russian troops into, 393, 398;
aims to recover Prussian Poland, 396-400;
popular detestation of N. in, 397;
death of the Queen, 397;
mobilization of the army, 397;
condition at opening of 1813, 397-399;
declares war, 398;
scheme for territorial aggrandizement of, 398;
seeks subsidy from England, 398;
designs on Saxony, 399;
N. determines to dismember, 399;
subsidized by England, 399, 417; iv. [76], [164];
strenuous endeavors of, iii. 403;
proposed restoration of, 407;
proposed new capital for, 409;
N.'s new schemes for, 409;
proposed enlargement of, 415;
proposed rectification of the western boundary, 415;
secret treaty of Reichenbach, 416, 417, 422;
guarantees a war loan, 417;
treaty with England, June 14, 1813, 417;
strength of, iv. [5];
N.'s personal spite against, [5], [17];
N.'s attempts to separate Russia from, [17];
heroism in, [19];
losses at Dennewitz, [19];
N. offers terms to, [21];
scheme to restore her status of 1805, [22];
concludes alliance of Sept. 9, 1813, [22];
beginning of her military aggrandizement, [37];
acquires the hegemony of continental Europe, [37];
eagerness for war in, [41];
at the Congress of Frankfort, [41];
proposes to invade France via Liège, [54], [57];
troops on the Rhine, [55];
N.'s implacable foe, [57];
seeks the retention of her acquisitions, [67];
desire for constitutional government in, [68];
eager for an armistice, [70], [71], [75];
treaty of Chaumont, [76];
the triple alliance, [76];
Metternich strives to check ambition of, [88];
party to the treaty of Fontainebleau (April, 1814), [133];
attitude at Congress of Vienna, [144], [145];
quota of troops, [164];
member of the Vienna coalition, [164];
campaign of Waterloo, [169] et seq.;
reaps harvest of political spoils at Waterloo, [214];
claims the glory of annihilating N., [214];
losses at Waterloo, [214];
claims the right of overseeing the imprisonment of N., [225];
influence in Germany, [298].
Pruth, River, Russia acquires a boundary on the, iii. 321.
Przasnysz, military operations near, iii. 13.
Public works, N.'s scheme of, ii. 279.
Pultusk, battle of, iii. 1-10.
Puntowitz, military operations near, ii. 385, 386.
Puster Valley, military operations in the, i. 433.
Pyramids, battle of the, ii. 60.
Pyrenees, the, French troops in ii. 37, 44, 48; iii. 133, 134;
Louis XIV "abolishes," 70;
a boundary of the Continental System, 280;
plans for the defense of, 421;
Soult driven over, iv. [40];
France's "natural boundary," [41].
Q
Quasdanowich, Gen., N.'s operations against, i. 350;
captures Brescia, 380;
battle of Lonato, 380, 383;
strength in Friuli, 386.
Quatre Bras, military operations near, iv. [171], [175], [178];
battle of, [180]-188;
N.'s flight through, [211];
Ney at, [214].
Quedlinburg, apportioned to Prussia, ii. 263.
Queiss, River, military operations on the, iv. [15].
Quenza, Col., elected lieutenant-colonel in National Guard of Corsica, i. 166;
commanding Corsican volunteers, 170;
conduct at Ajaccio condemned, 172;
his command under Dumouriez, 184.
Quiberon, English expedition to, i. 277.
Quinette, N. M., member of the new Directory, iv. [218].
Quirinal, the, Pius VII a fainéant prince in, iii. 119;
forcible entry into, 242.
R
Raab, Archduke John advances toward, iii. 226.
Radetsky, Count J. J. W., military genius, 6;
favors invasion of France, 57;
courage, 59;
advises concentration of the allies at Arcis, 89.
Radziwill, Princess, member of Prussian reform party, ii. 415.
Ragusa, creation of hereditary duchy of, ii. 396;
N. offers the territory to England, 404, 405;
Marmont created Duke of, iii. 86.
See also [Marmont].
"Ragusade," the word, iv. [127].
Rahmaniyeh, Mameluke retreat toward, ii. 69.
Raigern, military operations near, ii. 385, 386.
Rambouillet, the imperial court at, iii. 301;
flight of the Empress to, iv. [108]-112, [135];
N. at, [219].
Rambouillet decree, the, March 23, 1810, iii. 274.
Ramolini, associated with N. in Corsica, i. 117.
Ramolino, Letizia (mother of N.), marriage, i. 30;
character, 30-34.
See also [Buonaparte, Letizia].
Rampon, Gen., holds Argenteau in check, i. 353, 356;
his stand at Monte Legino, 356, 393.
Rapinat, frauds of, ii. 91.
Rapp, Count Jean, on N.'s desire for peace, ii. 268;
in battle of Austerlitz, 387;
seizes a would-be assassin of N., iii. 240;
recounts the horrors of the Russian campaign, 340;
begs N. to desist at Smolensk, 340;
commanding at Dantzic, 402.
Rastatt, Congress of, ii. 19, 22, 27, 38, 41, 51, 52, 69, 88, 89, 264;
neutralization of, 22;
the murders at, 89, 300.
Ratisbon, Jourdan's defeat near, i. 385;
selected as N.'s headquarters, iii. 202;
military movements near, 203, 204, 205, 209, 216;
battle of, 211;
seized by Archduke Charles, 216;
N. wounded at, 240;
given to Dalberg, 266;
Saxon troops offered to Austria at, 399.
Raynal, Abbé G. T. F., N. a disciple of, i. 71, 75-78, 81, 114, 115, 127, 137; ii. 46, 139;
his works and opinions, i. 75-78;
the "History of Corsica" addressed to, 92, 124, 127;
founds prize for essay on America, 137.
Raynouard, F. J. M., "The Templars," ii. 350.
Réal, P. F., urges action against Bourbon plotters, ii. 304;
police-agent, 306; share in the trial of d'Enghien, 306-310.
Reason, the party of, i. 250.
Récamier, Mme., social life in Paris, i. 290; ii. 411, 412;
instigates Moreau's letter to N., 290;
N.'s differences with, 411, 412;
relations with Mme. de Staël, 411;
exiled, 412.
Récamier, M., bankruptcy of, ii. 411.
Recco, Abbé, N.'s early tutor, i. 41.
"Redoubtable," the, at Trafalgar, ii. 374.
Red Sea, its importance, ii. 46.
"Reflections on the State of Nature," i. 145.
Reform, the French nobility and, i. 142.
Regensburg, seat of the German Diet, ii. 404.
See also [Ratisbon].
Reggio, new scheme of government for, i. 402;
disposition by treaty of Leoben, 439;
creation of hereditary duchy of, ii. 396;
Oudinot created Duke of, iii. 86.
See also [Oudinot].
Regnaud, M. L. E., ii. 214.
Regnier, C. A., moves the appointment of N. as commander of the Paris garrison, ii. 104;
in Leon, iii. 283;
strength, March, 1812, 324.
Reich, Baronne de, imprisonment of, ii. 304.
Reichenbach, French generals killed at, iii. 410;
secret treaty of, 416, 418, 422, 423; iv. [68].
Reille, Gen., service in Spain, iii. 283;
at Leers, iv. [171];
in the Waterloo campaign, [171];
seizes Marchiennes, [173];
crosses the Sambre, [173];
at Thuin, 173;
disperses the Prussians at Gosselies, [175], [177];
battle of Quatre Bras, [181], [183], [186];
battle of Waterloo, [199]-203.
Religion, N.'s attitude toward, i. 146; ii. 205-208, 215-218, 224, 226, 227, 245, 256, 258, 259; iii. 174, 175;
influence on the social life of the world, ii. 47.
Religious opinion, freedom of, decreed, i. 110.
Rémusat, Mme. de, N.'s relations with, i. 77; ii. 9, 55, 118, 197, 198, 255, 421; iii. 19, 27, 80;
confidences with Josephine, ii. 308;
reports N.'s answers to Josephine's charges, iii. 27;
conversations with Talleyrand, 80.
Réné, exploit at Lake Garda, i. 414.
Rennes, interview between N. and Villeneuve at, ii. 375.
Republican calendar, ceases to exist, ii. 406.
Restoration, the, revulsion of feeling against N. at the, ii. 199.
Reudnitz, military operations near, iv. [28].
Revolution, the, its germ, i. 74;
N.'s views concerning, 78;
first mutterings and opening of, 96-98 et seq.;
excesses of, 108-111;
federation for, 141;
European antagonism to, 142;
in the Rhone Valley, 148-159;
becomes a national movement, 240;
favored in Lombardy and Tuscany, 261;
propagating the ideas of, 276; ii. 38;
failure to give political freedom to France, 293;
effect on the French people, 319;
its humanitarian mission, 348;
the art of, iii. 88;
treatment in French literature, 88;
completion of its program to close the continent to English commerce, 279;
the work of, 422;
N. the standard-bearer of, 424; iv. [152], [261];
its principles and effect, [253]-257;
shorn of its horrors, [297].
Rewbell, J. F., member of the Directory, i. 309, 329, 332; ii. 35;
character, i. 329;
dissatisfied with treaty of Leoben, 441;
N.'s relations with, ii. 23;
advocates N.'s resignation, 52;
suspected of peculation, 92;
fails of reelection to the Directory, 91.
Rey, Gen., in the battle of Rivoli, i. 414.
Reynier, Gen., service in Egypt, ii. 53;
battle of the Pyramids, 60;
fails to keep Russia out of Warsaw, iii. 385;
division commander under Eugène, 393;
in campaign of 1813, 402;
beleaguers Schweidnitz, 413;
battle of Dennewitz, iv. [18];
battle of Leipsic, [27], [32], [34];
captured at Leipsic, [34];
exchanged, [61].
Rheims, prison massacres in, i. 188;
occupied by N., iv. [77];
captured by St. Priest, [80];
N.'s low physical and moral condition at, [82];
captured by the French, [82], [84], [85];
N. at, [91], [107];
captured by the allies, [94];
possible advantages of a supposititious retreat by Marmont to, [99].
Rhine, River, the, the boundary question and struggles for, i. 276, 327, 334, 446, 450; ii. 22, 38, 41, 51, 193, 264, 356; iii. 416, 422; iv. [31], [41];
royalist plots on, i. 297;
military operations on, 341, 347, 358, 435, 439, 440; ii. 48, 87, 88, 160, 166, 304, 362-364, 404; iv. [36], [40], [54]-60, [70], [169];
plundering on, ii. 38; iii. 75;
French supremacy on, ii. 96;
N.'s scheme of petty states on, 265;
French march to the Danube from, 376;
Louis ordered to hold, 424;
a French river, iii. 270;
N.'s excursion on, 421.
Rhodes, Turkish naval preparations at, ii. 75;
expedition to Egypt from, 75-79.
Rhone, River, the, French acquisitions on, i. 422;
N.'s reception on, iv. [137].
Rhone, Valley, the, the Revolution in, i. 148-159;
N.'s influence in, 178;
civil war in, 213;
to be ceded to France, ii. 40.
Richelieu, Cardinal, scheme of intervention in Germany, ii. 211;
policy at close of the Thirty Years' War, 264.
Richepanse, Gen., success on the Mettenberg, ii. 168;
in battle of Hohenlinden, 191.
Richmond, Duchess of, ball on the eve of Waterloo, iv. [178].
Richmond, Duke of, interview between Wellington and, at the ball, iv. [178].
Ricord, commissioner of the National Convention, i. 219;
in siege of Toulon, 231;
in charge of movements against Genoa, 248.
Ricord, Mme., N.'s attentions to, i. 256.
Riga, N. threatens to march to, iii. 304;
preparations for the siege of, 333;
Prussian troops at, 338;
military operations near, 353.
Rights of man, the, i. 326.
Rippach, skirmish at, iii. 404;
death of Bessières at, 404.
Riviera, Austrian garrison for the, ii. 170.
Rivoli, the starting-point of N.'s public career, i. 148;
battle of, 380, 388, 410-416; ii. 140, 323;
N.'s estimate of, i. 416, 420;
effect of the campaign on European history, 416;
Masséna created Duke of, iii. 86.
See also [Masséna].
Road-work, French popular hatred of, i. 105.
Roberjot, member of Congress of Rastatt, ii. 88;
killed at Rastatt, 89.
Roberjot, Mme., accuses Debry of murder, ii. 89.
Robespierre, Augustin, commissioner of the National Convention, i. 219;
in siege of Toulon, 231;
N.'s friendship with, 236, 241, 247, 253, 289;
leadership of, 241;
describes the French campaign in Lombardy, 244;
execution, 251;
influence on N.'s life, iv. [248].
Robespierre, Charlotte, N.'s attentions to, i. 256.
Robespierre, Mme., pension for, ii. 293.
Robespierre, Maximilien, member of the National Convention, i. 188;
dictator of France, 194;
fall and execution, 247-252, 266;
religious decrees, 250;
N.'s characterization of, 251;
hatred of the Church, 330;
dread of Carnot, 333;
influence on N.'s life, iv. [248].
"Robespierre, the Little," i. 238.
Rochambeau, Gen., succeeds Leclerc in San Domingo, ii. 237;
surrenders to an English fleet, 237.
Rochefort, naval expedition from, ii. 331, 333;
the fleet ordered to the English Channel from, 359;
Villeneuve's mission to relieve, 359;
the squadron ordered to the Mediterranean, iii. 111;
N. journeys to Rochefort, iv. [220];
English cruisers at, [220];
immunity from the White Terror, [223].
Roederer, ii. 51, 214;
dreads a new Terror, 94;
joins the Bonapartist ranks, 96;
an opportunist, 98;
on the necessity of renewing the constitution, 106;
the 18th Brumaire, 107;
member of the council of state, 152;
on Fourcroy's educational measures, 227;
advocates the Legion of Honor, 246;
suggests hereditary consulship, 245;
dismissed, 277;
character, 277;
reforms Neapolitan finance, iii. 130;
interviews and conversations with N., 197; iv. [248], [249];
sent out of France, [262].
Roger-Ducos, member of the Directory, ii. 92;
scheme to make him consul, 102;
proposed resignation of, 102;
resigns from the Directory, 106, 115, 118;
consul of France, 123.
Rohan, Cardinal, retirement at Ettenheim, ii. 301.
Rohan-Rochefort, Princess Charlotte of, married to Duc d'Enghien, ii. 301;
the Duc d'Enghien's last message to, 310.
Rohr, Archduke Charles's force at, iii. 207.
Roland, J. N., forms a ministry, i. 172;
leader of the Girondists, 189.
Romagna, surrendered to France, i. 422;
ceded to Venice at Leoben, 439;
incorporated in the Cisalpine Republic, ii. 21;
Austrian forces in, 170.
Roman Catholic Church, N.'s views concerning the, i. 76;
influence in Corsica, 128;
opposition to the French Republic, 276;
the Pope shorn of his temporal power, iii. 242;
influence on France, iv. [253].
Roman Catholics, disturbances among, in Corsica, i. 167, 168.
Roman Church, N.'s failure to Gallicize, iv. [260].
Roman Empire, the, ii. 329;
compared with Napoleonic France, ii. 222, 235.
Roman Republic, the, organization and proclamation of, ii. 30, 86;
Neapolitan invasion of, 87;
abandonment of, 205.
Romanoff, House of, N. proposes matrimonial alliances with, iii. 93.
Rome, maritime expedition against, i. 257, 261;
difficulties of an attack on, 262;
murder of French minister (Basseville) in, 261, 375, 422;
N.'s hostility toward the central power at, 264;
temporal power of the Pope, 345;
plunder of, 369; ii. 39;
plan to capture, i. 375;
N.'s plans concerning, 401, 405, 422, 423;
quarrel between France and, 401, 420;
influence of, 404;
proposition to hand her over to Spain, 420;
campaign against Pius VI, 420-423;
dispersal of the papal army, 422;
Victor's military watch on, 431;
N.'s influence in, 448;
N.'s operations against, ii. 9;
Joseph Buonaparte minister at, 28;
Berthier proclaims the Roman Republic in, 39;
calls Provera to reorganize her army, 39;
liberal rising in, 39;
Austria to be restrained from interference in, 42;
Neapolitan invasion of, 68, 72, 87;
recognition of the Pope's temporal power in, 207;
restrictions on residence in, 216;
remains of Pius VI sent to, 216;
Chateaubriand French representative at, 260;
France to evacuate, 262;
Madame Mère and Lucien at, 342;
N. demands recognition as Emperor of, 396;
ports of, closed to enemies of France, 396;
French occupation of, iii. 118;
excommunication for the invaders of, 119;
disbandment of the Noble Guard, 119;
Pius VII's idle state in, 119;
severing of the spiritual and temporal powers, 215, 242;
the city incorporated with Italy, 242;
occupied by Gen. Miollis, 242;
the College of Cardinals and ecclesiastical courts transported to France, 258, 263;
the department of, created, 262, 263, 279;
secularization of the convents, 263;
dispersal of foreign prelates, 264;
Paris a rival to, as capital of the Western empire, 307;
sends deputation to Paris, 380;
restoration of the Pope's domains, 391;
Murat marches on, iv. [56];
Lucien fosters revolution in, [144];
France the heir of, [253];
influence throughout Italy, [256].
Rome (ancient), governmental systems of, adopted in France, i. 269, 270; ii. 123;
influence on French art, iii. 88;
the territorial expansion of, 164;
loss of her political liberty, iv. [260];
the history of, [294].
Rome, the King of, Schwarzenberg's toast to, iii. 261;
the title, 262;
birth of, 302, 328;
brilliancy of his future, 302;
address of the Paris Chamber of Commerce on the birth of, 303;
his portrait at Borodino, 343;
entrusted to care of the National Guard, iv. [53];
Joseph enjoined to preserve him from Austrian capture, [91];
likened to Astyanax, [91], [108];
chances of his succession, [107];
flight from Paris, [107]-110;
an ill omen for, [109];
proposed regency for, [114];
N. declares for his succession, [124];
territory granted to, [133];
proposed coronation of, [157];
dismissal of his French attendants, [162];
sends message to his father, [162];
failure of the attempt to crown, [165];
N.'s farewell message to, [233].
Roncesvalles, French military movements at, iii. 132.
Ronco, military operations at, i. 389-391.
Rosily, Adm., ordered to supersede Villeneuve, ii. 372.
Rositten, military operations near, iii. 14.
Rossbach, battle of, iv. [267].
Rosslau, military operations near, iv. [21], [22].
Rossomme, N. at, iv. [195], [207], [210];
fighting at, [211].
Rostino, meeting of N. and Paoli at, i. 132.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, views on Corsica, i. 18, 19;
offered asylum by Paoli, 19;
N.'s study of, and admiration for, 65, 70-78, 114, 145, 264; ii. 139, 256; iv. [292];
N.'s style compared with that of, i. 136;
on man in a state of nature, 145;
influence of, in France, 266, 267;
theory of natural boundaries, 326;
Chateaubriand a disciple of, ii. 259.
Roussel, Gen., in battle of Waterloo, iv. [202].
Roustan, reply to Rousseau, i. 76.
Roverbello, battle of, iv. [56].
Roveredo, battle of, i. 384;
abandoned by Vaubois, 387.
Rovigo, creation of hereditary duchy of, ii. 396;
Savary created Duke of, iii. 86.
See also [Savary].
Royal Corsican Regiment, refuses to fight against its native island, i. 22.
Royal family, imprisoned in the Temple, i. 175.
Royalism, hatred of the French for, ii. 194;
its evils abolished from France, 224.
Royalists, institute the "White Terror," i. 277, 278;
plots and intrigues of, 277, 298, 328; ii. 3-6, 8, 36, 241, 297-301; iv. [81];
English subsidies for, i. 325;
banished from Sardinia, 353;
the Clichy faction, ii. 3-5, 7, 8;
relations and negotiations between N. and, ii. 3-6, 36, 124, 134, 195, 229, 239, 259; iv. [259];
extended influence in 1798, ii. 5;
events of the 18th of Fructidor, 7, 8, 22, 23;
Austria seeks their triumph in Paris, 19;
proscription of, 8, 22, 23;
attitude of the Directory toward, 36;
claims concerning the murders at Rastatt, 89;
Moreau's tendency toward, 94;
sigh for a second Richelieu, 120;
views of the results of the 18th Brumaire, 121;
encouraged to return to France, 130;
dissensions among, 239-241;
publish "L'Ambigu," 270;
the Cadoudal conspiracy, 297 et seq.;
in Alsace, 301;
argument in their favor, 348;
growing strength of, iv. [98];
display their enthusiasm in Paris, [114];
their hour of triumph, [127];
opposition to, by the army, [132];
supported in Provence, [137];
plots against N.'s life, [138], [144];
commemorate the death of Louis XVI, [149];
defend the Tuileries, [158];
stirred up by Jacobin enmity to N., [166].
Royal power, N. on, i. 93.
Royal Scots Fusileers, in battle of Waterloo, iv. [201].
"Royal Sovereign," the, at Trafalgar, ii. 373.
Royer-Collard, P. P., Royalist intrigues of, iv. [106].
Rüchel, Gen., his military command, ii. 425;
at Eisenach, 427;
ordered to concentrate at Weimar, 430;
in battle of Jena, 430, 431.
Rue de Paix, the, iii. 74.
Rue Rivoli, the, iii. 74.
Rully, Gen., commands expedition to Corsica, i. 125;
killed at St. Florent, 126.
Rumanizoff, Count, Russian minister, iii. 100, 113;
discusses partition of Turkey, 116;
at the Erfurt conference, 171;
foresees danger to the Franco-Russian alliance, 244;
adviser to Alexander I, 351;
leads the peace party of Russia, 351.
Rumbold, seized by French agents at Hamburg, ii. 330.
Rumelia, proposed disposition of, after Tilsit, iii. 55.
Russbach, River, military operations on the, iii. 219, 226, 230.
Russia, aggrandizement of, i. 22;
N.'s ambition to serve, 216, 319; ii. 15; iv. [256];
share in the partition of, and relations with Poland, i. 220, 425; iii. 45, 316, 318;
relations and alliances with Austria, i. 325, 425; ii. 44, 61, 72, 145, 154, 209, 312, 355, 360, 363, 381; iii. 169, 178, 311-316, 328, 331, 342, 419; iv. [75], [76];
death of Catherine II, i. 425;
foreign policy (1797), 425;
N. intercepts despatches from the Czar to Malta, 424;
weakness of revolutionary sentiment in, ii. 45;
alliances and relations with, schemes of conquest of, and wars with Turkey, 67, 72, 418; iii. 20, 51, 52, 55, 64, 99, 106-114, 162, 176, 236, 248, 309, 310, 321, 350;
plans military operations in Italy, ii. 72;
the second coalition, 86, 90, 136, 142;
military operations in Holland, 90;
military operations in Switzerland and Italy, 91;
successes on the Trebbia, 92;
defeats Joubert at Novi, 92;
defeated at Zürich by Masséna, 93;
withdraws from the second coalition, 142;
interest in, and activity concerning Malta, 141, 154, 193, 210, 285;
alliances and general friendly relations with France, 154, 203, 209-211, 263, 266, 347, 394, 401; iii. 36, 38, 43-46, 49, 65, 73, 107, 115, 166, 176, 178, 244, 255, 329;
organizes the "armed neutrality," ii. 194, 209, 210;
schemes of Oriental extension and conquest, 194, 209, 262, 330, 347, 348, 401; iii. 50, 55, 64, 108, 167, 236; iv. [41], [67];
intercedes for Naples, ii. 203;
N.'s relations with and attitudes toward, 203, 293, 356, 361; ii. 440-442; iii. 45, 103, 115, 280, 304, 306, 313-318, 392;
relations with, subsidies from, and wars with England, ii. 209, 210, 263, 357, 401, 406, 421; iii. 49, 55, 64, 99, 100, 102, 105, 117, 265, 266, 287, 288, 316, 321, 351, 398, 417; iv. [41], [76], [164];
assassination of Paul I and accession of Alexander I, ii. 210;
abandons the "armed neutrality," 263;
hostile and general unfriendly relations with France, 293, 312, 330, 347-349; 355, 356, 361; iii. 287, 288, 305, 309-318, 329, 392, 408;
mourns the death of the Duc d'Enghien, ii. 311;
stains on reigning houses of, 317;
protests against seizure of Enghien, 331;
occupies Ionian Islands, 330, 353, 357, 405;
demands indemnity for the king of Sardinia, 330, 348, 418;
attitude in 1805, 352;
relations (friendly and hostile) with Prussia, 353, 376-378, 417, 418; iii. 1, 18, 21-23, 55, 225, 316, 320, 331, 382, 385, 397, 424;
her troops in Galicia, ii. 363;
Bernadotte and Davout watch her army, 366;
military position on the Inn, 367;
defeat of Mortier at Dürrenstein, 368;
military position on the Enns, 367;
outgeneraled by N., 376;
the battle of Austerlitz, 382 et seq.;
Czartoryski's view of her policy in 1803, 381;
occupies Naples, 395;
excluded from councils of Western Europe, 402;
occupies Bocche di Cattaro, 405;
strengthens Corfu, 405;
pretensions in Germany, 419;
military operations on the Danube, ii. 441;
military operations against, iii. 1;
concentrates troops at Pultusk, 1;
driven from Warsaw, 2;
character of the population, 3;
a new seat of war for N., 3;
battle of Pultusk, 4;
retreat to Ostrolenka, 5;
N.'s new experience in campaigning in, 5;
defects in the army, 9;
devotion of the army to the Czar, 9;
the Cossacks, 9;
defeat at Mohrungen, 10;
condition of troops at Eylau, 14;
financial difficulties, 20, 35, 304, 305;
Turko-Persian alliance against, 20;
successes on the lower Danube, 20;
weakness of, 22, 23;
requests Francis's adherence to convention of Bartenstein, 22;
proposal for a new coalition, 22;
bravery of her soldiers, 27;
dissensions in the court, 28;
forces engaged at Friedland, 31, 32;
military sacrifices, 35;
peace party in, 35;
fighting the battles of others, 34, 35;
destitution in the army, 35;
schemes of territorial aggrandizement, 34, 35;
N. demands pledges from, 36;
proposed Baltic boundary line, 36;
ambition to be regarded as a European power, 45;
N. a foil to her ambition, 45;
representatives at Tilsit, 49;
schemes for the partition or acquisition of the Danubian principalities, 50, 55, 98, 99, 105, 310, 314;
to mediate between England and France, 55;
acquires Bielostok, 56, 62;
refuses to seize Memel, 62;
dislike of Savary in, 64;
court and social manners and customs, 64;
discontent with the Czar, 64, 109, 117;
intrigues to acquire, and the invasion and acquisition of Finland, 64, 98, 113-116, 236, 248, 268, 281, 310, 316;
attempts to bring Spain into the coalition, 71;
effect of the treaty of Tilsit, 72;
diplomatic intrigues in, 98;
her good offices sought with Denmark, 98;
frontier menaced by France, 99;
Alexander seeks to abolish serfdom in, 99;
commerce of, 99;
effects of the peace of Tilsit on, 99;
N. intervenes between Turkey and, 99;
terms of the agreement at Slobozia, 105;
Tolstoi defends, 105;
diplomatic crisis in, 108-110;
sends a fresh mission to N., 110;
proposed invasion of Sweden, 113;
court intrigue in, 115;
Caulaincourt conducts negotiations with, 116;
blockade of the fleet by England, 117;
outwitted by N., 129;
the Spanish question discussed with, 158;
N.'s proposed naval coöperation with, 166;
the anti-French party in, 167, 195;
urged to occupy Warsaw, and parts of Prussia and Austria, 177;
N. makes technical call for the aid of, 198;
invades Galicia, 236;
acquires part of Galicia, 239;
menaced by the treaty of Schönbrunn, 244;
news of the Austrian marriage in, 255;
treaty with Sweden, Sept. 17, 1809, 268;
evades the Continental System, 280;
Mme. de Staël in, 299;
rivalry of France, 309;
effects of the Continental System on, 310;
an incident that changed the course of history, 314, 315;
advances an army to the Danube, 314;
prepares for war, 314;
opens negotiations with England and Sweden, 316;
war with France inevitable, 317;
acquires a boundary on the Pruth, 321;
treaty with Sweden, April 12, 1812, 321;
withdraws troops from the Danube, 321;
thoroughness of N.'s preparations for war with, 323-325;
Caulaincourt's knowledge of, 326;
agricultural distress in, 328;
concentration of troops in, 328;
intrigues leading to the war of 1812, 328-333;
ukase of Dec., 1810, 329;
the neutral trade of, 329;
Narbonne's mission from Dresden to, 331;
N.'s scheme to expel her from Europe, 332;
N.'s military knowledge of, 333, 334, 340;
menacing outlook for, 334;
N.'s plan of campaign in, 333, 338;
disposition of her army, 335;
N. strikes the first blow at, 335;
military weakness, 336;
military enthusiasm in, 337;
sufferings of both armies in, 337, 357 et seq.;
battle of Smolensk, iii. 339;
"the Ney of," 339, 340;
despotic character of her government, 340;
lack of centralization in, 340, 374;
horrors of the campaign in, 340, 341;
N. fails to pass counterfeit money in, 341;
the lessons of Eylau and Austerlitz, 341;
N.'s ignorance of the strength of feeling in, 342;
speculation on the Czar's military policy, 342;
battle of Borodino, 343-345, 346;
the Kremlin, 345, 347;
claims the honor of burning Moscow, 349;
temper of the peasantry, 350;
the Old Russian party for peace, 351;
Alexander's advisers, 351;
founding of the Russian Bible Society, 351;
English military mission to reorganize the army, 351;
causes of the French disasters in, 353;
N.'s retreat from Moscow, 353-356;
partizan warfare in, 359;
adopting the tactics of Egypt in, 359;
the terror of N.'s name in, 360, 363, 365;
her allies, Want and Winter, 360, 373;
massacre of French stragglers in, 362;
N.'s contempt for, 363;
treatment of French prisoners in, 367;
hopes in, of capturing N., 367;
N.'s excuse for defeat in, 372;
compared with Spain, 374;
poor generalship in, 374;
diminishing strength of, 382;
invades the grand duchy of Warsaw, 385;
treaty with Spain, July, 1812, 391;
Metternich seeks to embroil Sweden and, 395;
possession of Warsaw, 399;
apathy of, 403;
Nesselrode's appearance in, 409;
secret treaty of Reichenbach, 416, 421;
issues paper money, 417;
treaty with England, 417;
to maintain a standing army, 417;
guarantees a war loan, 417;
inaugurates the coalition of 1813, 424;
strength, iv. [6];
N. attempts to separate Prussia from, [17];
concludes alliance of Sept. 9, 1813, [22];
the campaign of 1813, [39];
at the Congress of Frankfort, [41];
anxiety for peace, [41];
troops on the Rhine, [55];
N. endeavors to separate Austria from, [75];
the triple alliance, [76];
treaty of Chaumont, [76];
suspicious of Schwarzenberg's attitude, [89];
barbarity of her troops, [102];
party to the treaty of Fontainebleau (April, 1814), [133];
Alexander proposes a home for N. in, [133];
attitude at Congress of Vienna, [144], [145];
quota of troops, [164];
member of the Vienna coalition, [164];
the campaign of the Hundred Days, [167] et seq.;
claims the glory of annihilating N., [214];
claims the right of overseeing the imprisonment of N., [225];
N.'s horror of being sent to, [227];
expansion of, [298].
See also [Alexander I]; [Paul I]; [St. Petersburg].
Rustan, N.'s body-servant, ii. 426; iii. 74; 410; iv. [134];
Queen Louisa's allusion to, at Tilsit, iii. 61.
Rustchuk, Pasha of, appointed grand vizir, iii. 162;
attempts to restore Selim III, 162.