=Agricultural laborers=, condition at outbreak of the Revolution, i. 102, 105, 109. =Agriculture=, encouragement of, ii. 220. =Aigues-Mortes=, the canal of, ii. 349. =Aisne, River=, military movements on the, iv. 77, 93. =Aix=, Fesch at, i. 44; _N._ at, 141; iv. 139, 154; arrest of Corsican commissioners at, i. 204; _N.'s_ sickness at, iv. 139; bitter feeling against _N._ at, 138, 154. =Ajaccio= made a seat of government, i. 25; the Bonaparte family in, 26-35; _N._ at, 81-90, 118, 128, 135, 159, 193, 203 prepares plans for its defense, 91; political parties in, 116; patriotic schemes, 118; _N._ assumes leadership in, 118; the democratic club at, 118, 123, 127, 128, 145, 184; withdrawal of French troops from, 121; reorganizing the municipal government, 123, 127; attack on _N._ in, 128; disorders in, 128-130, 166-172, 180, 191; claims to be capital of Corsica, 134; political movements in, 163-170; election of officers in, 165, 166; popular feeling against _N._ in, 170, 171; embarkation of Sardinian expedition at, 191; _N._ demands allegiance to France from, 199; _N.'s_ plot against the citadel at, 201-209; expedition from St. Florent against, 204-207; outburst against the Bonapartes in, 205; _N.'s_ cave at, 210; weakness of, 257; _N.'s_ last visit to, ii. 82. =Albania=, _N._ offers the country to England, ii. 404. =Albuera=, battle of, iii. 289. =Albufera, Duke of=. _See_ =Suchet=. =Alessandria=, opening of the road to, i. 257; military operations near, 352; in French hands, 373; Melas rallies his army at, ii. 174, 177; topography of the country, 177, 178; Melas retires to, 180; _N._ concedes to the allies at Chatillon, iv. 87.