Before and after Waterloo: Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816)Stanley, Edward
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Before and after Waterloo: Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816)
Stanley, Edward
Europe -- Description and travel; France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815
[43] Under the Treaty of Paris France had been allowed to keep the Art
Treasures taken by Napoleon.
[44] Talma, the celebrated tragic actor, 1763-1826.
[45] On March 30th the Allies marched on Paris. They attacked in three
divisions--the Silesian army on the side of Montmartre, Prince Eugene of
Wurtemberg and Barclay de Tolly by Pantin and Romainville, the Crown
Prince of Wurtemberg by Vincennes and Charenton. Marmont surrendered the
same day.
[46] Régnaud St. Jean d'Angély, 1762-1819.
[47] Abai Reny Just Haiiy, 1743-1822.
[48] Duméril, naturalist and professor.
[49] Marmont, 1774-1852, Duc de Raguse. The defence of Paris had been
left in his hands by Napoleon, and his surrender to the Allies was the
finishing stroke which forced Napoleon to abdicate.
[50] Lafayette, 1757-1834, Liberal general and politician.
[51] Madame Récamier, 1777-1849, a famous beauty. She had held a "salon"
at Paris in the early days of the Empire, but had been exiled in 1811
and had just returned (June, 1814).
[52] Auguste de Staël, 1790-1827.
[53] Mademoiselle de Staël, married the Duc de Broglie.
[54] Hodgson, Dean of Carlisle and Rector of St. George's, Hanover
Square; d. 1844.
[55] William Wilberforce, 1759-1833; distinguished among the promoters
of Negro Emancipation and the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
[56] Dumolard, 1766-1820; a French politician, a prominent figure in the
Chamber of Representatives under the first Restoration.
[57] Eugène Beauharnais, 1780-1824, Viceroy of Italy, 1805-15. Son of
Joséphine by her first marriage with the Vicomte de Beauharnais.
[58] After the Second Restoration Prince Eugène Beauharnais sold
Malmaison and removed its gallery of pictures to Munich.
[59] Duc d'Enghien, 1772-1804, son of the Duc de Bourbon. Shot at
Vincennes by order of Napoleon when First Consul, under the pretext that
he had conspired against him.
[60] Marmont lost his arm at the battle of Salamanca in 1812.
[61] Jourdan, General, 1762-1833.
[62] Duc de Treviso, Marshal Mortier, 1768-1835.
[63] Duc de Conegliano, Marshal Moncey, 1754-1842. He defended the walls
of Paris as Major-General of the National Guard and laid down his arms
only after the Capitulation was signed.
[64] Serurier, General, 1742-1819.
[65] Perignan, General, 1754-1819.
[66] Ney, Prince de la Moskowa, Duc d'Elchingen, 1769-1815, "Le Brave
des Braves." He swore allegiance to Louis XVIII., but returned to
Napoleon in 1815, fought under him at Waterloo, and was shot for treason
under the Second Restoration.
[67] Duc d'Istria, Bessières, Commander of the Old Guard.
[68] Davoust, Prince d'Eckmuhl. In 1814 the unfortunate city of Hamburg
was still suffering under the unrelenting severity of Davoust, who had
appointed a commission having the power of condemning to death all
persons who used inflammatory speeches to exasperate the soldiers or the
inhabitants.
[69] Victor, Duc de Belluno, 1764-1841.
[70] Lefebre, Duc de Dantzig, 1755-1820.
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