Great Preparations for the Invasion of England--Rapid March on Austria--The Surrender of General Mack--The Eve Before Austerlitz--The Dreadful Lake Horror--Treaty of Peace With Austria--Prussian Armies in the Field--Defeat of the Prussians at Jena and Auerstadt--Napoleon Divides the Spoils of Victory--The Frightful Struggle at Eylau--The Cost of Victory--The Total Defeat of the Russians--The Emperors at Tilsit and the Fate of Prussia--The Pope a Captive at Fontainebleau--Andreas Hofer and the War in Tyrol--Napoleon Marches Upon Austria--The Battle of Eckmuhl and the Capture of Ratisbon--The Campaign in Italy--The Great Struggle of Essling and Aspern--Napoleon Forced to His First Retreat--The Second Crossing of the Danube--The Victory at Wagram--The Peace of Vienna--The Divorce of Josephine and Marriage of Maria Louisa 57 CHAPTER IV The Decline and Fall of Napoleon's Empire The Causes of the Rise and Decline of Napoleon's Power--Aims and Intrigues in Portugal and Spain--Spain's Brilliant Victory and King Joseph's Flight--The Heroic Defence of Saragossa--Wellington's Career in Portugal and Spain--The Invasion of Russia by the Grand Army--Smolensk Captured and in Flames--The Battle of Borodino--The Grand Army in the Old Russian Capital--The Burning of the Great City of Moscow--The Grand Army Begins its Retreat--The Dreadful Crossing of the Beresina--Europe in Arms Against Napoleon--The Battle of Dresden, Napoleon's Last Great Victory--The Fatal Meeting of the Armies at Leipzig--The Break-up of Napoleon's Empire--The War in France and the Abdication of the Emperor--Napoleon Returns From Elba--The Terrible Defeat at Waterloo--Napoleon Meets His Fate 83 CHAPTER V Nelson and Wellington, the Champions of England