THE OFFICER'S MANUAL NAPOLEON'S MAXIMS OF WAR CONTENTS RECOMMENDATION. PREFACE. NAPOLEON'S MAXIM I. MAXIM II. MAXIM III. MAXIM IV. MAXIM V. MAXIM VI. MAXIM VII. MAXIM VIII. MAXIM IX. MAXIM X. MAXIM XI. MAXIM XII. MAXIM XIII. MAXIM XIV. MAXIM XV. MAXIM XVI. MAXIM XVII. MAXIM XVIII. MAXIM XIX. MAXIM XX. MAXIM XXI. MAXIM XXII. MAXIM XXIII. MAXIM XXIV. MAXIM XXV. MAXIM XXVI. MAXIM XXVII. MAXIM XXVIII. MAXIM XXIX. MAXIM XXX. MAXIM XXXI. MAXIM XXXII. MAXIM XXXIII. MAXIM XXXIV. MAXIM XXXV. MAXIM XXXVI. MAXIM XXXVII. MAXIM XXXVIII. MAXIM XXXIX. MAXIM XL. MAXIM XLI. MAXIM XLII. MAXIM XLIII. MAXIM XLIV. MAXIM XLV. MAXIM XLVI. MAXIM XLVII. MAXIM XLVIII. MAXIM XLIX. MAXIM L. MAXIM LI. MAXIM LII. MAXIM LIII. MAXIM LIV. MAXIM LV. MAXIM LVI. MAXIM LVII. MAXIM LVIII. MAXIM LIX. MAXIM LX. MAXIM LXI. MAXIM LXII. MAXIM LXIII. MAXIM LXIV. MAXIM LXV. MAXIM LXVI. MAXIM LXVII. MAXIM LXVIII. MAXIM LXIX. MAXIM LXX. MAXIM LXXI. MAXIM LXXII. MAXIM LXXIII. MAXIM LXXIV. MAXIM LXXV. MAXIM LXXVI. MAXIM LXXVII. MAXIM LXXVIII. Transcriber's Notes THE STORY OF NAPOLEON By Harold F. B. Wheeler CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. Napoleon the Boy 15 II. The Schooldays of Napoleon 21 III. Napoleon as Officer and Author 29 IV. Napoleon and the Corsican Volunteers 41 V. The Eve of the Reign of Terror 47 VI. Napoleon's First Fight with the English 57 VII. Napoleon the Soldier of Fortune 65 VIII. "The Spark of Great Ambition" 74 IX. The Italian Campaign 82 X. The Expedition to Egypt 91 XI. From Cairo to Fréjus 99 XII. How Napoleon Seized the Reins of Government 106 XIII. The Passage of the Alps 111 XIV. Blessings of Peace 124 XV. The Dawn of the Empire 131 XVI. The Threatened Invasion of England and its Sequel 138 XVII. The War of the Third Coalition 146 XVIII. The Prussian Campaign 155 XIX. The Polish Campaign 168 XX. Friedland and Tilsit 174 12XXI. Napoleon's Commercial War with Great Britain 181 XXII. The Genesis of the Peninsular War 192 XXIII. Glory at Erfurt and Humiliation in Spain 206 XXIV. The Austrian Campaign 219 XXV. The Austrian Campaign—Continued 233 XXVI. The War in Poland and Tyrol 241 XXVII. A Broken Friendship and What it Brought 253 XXVIII. The Russian Campaign 265 XXIX. The Triumphal Entry into Moscow—and after 276 XXX. The March of Humiliation 284 XXXI. The Beginning of the End—The Leipzig Campaign 291 XXXII. The Conquest of the Conqueror 302 Index 315 ILLUSTRATIONS Napoleon I., Emperor of the French J. L. David Frontispiece PAGE Napoleon at Brienne Réalier Dumas 24 "It is the Emperor!" H. de T. Glazebrook 86 Installation of Napoleon as First Consul L. Couder 108 The Death of General Desaix A. Le Dru 118 On the Sands at Boulogne A. C. Gow, R.A. 132 Napoleon giving the Eagles to his Army L. David 140 Napoleon Decorating his Soldiers at Boulogne F. G. Roussel 146 The Night before Austerlitz A. Dawant 152 The Battle of Friedland Horace Vernet 176 The Retreat from Moscow V. Werestchagin 266