The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4)

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position as to the Continental System, 316, 328;
    _N._ warns him of his military preparations, 318;
    hints an offer of the French crown to Bernadotte, 321;
    makes qualified alliance with Prussia, 320;
    effect of his policy on Prussia, 320;
    makes terms with Turkey, 321;
    personal connection with the war of 1812, 328;
    concessions by, 328;
    ultimatum to France, 328, 329;
    proposes counter-terms to _N._, 329;
    demands better terms for Sweden, 330;
    invited to Dresden, 331;
    demands the evacuation of Prussia, 330;
    ukase of December, 1810, 329;
    his German advisers blamed, 336;
    allays trouble at St. Petersburg, 326;
    financial difficulties, 336;
    military policy, 341;
    replaces Barclay de Tolly by Kutusoff, 343;
    his advisers, 351-352;
    silent steadfastness, 351-352;
    religious spirit, 351;
    conduct after the capture of Moscow, 352;
    determines to continue the war, 351;
    friendship with Galitzin, 351;
    treatment of French prisoners, 367;
    makes terms with Prussia, 382;
    goes to Vilna, 383;
    project to become king of Poland, 384;
    seeks alliances with Prussia and Austria, 384;
    abandons the Polish idea, 384;
    ambition to pose as liberator of Europe, 383;
    relations with Stein, 385, 396;
    in correspondence with York, 384;
    negotiates treaty with Spain, July, 1812, 391;
    Metternich seeks to embroil him with Bernadotte, 394;
    advances against Eugene, 395;
    favors annexation of Saxony by Prussia, 399;
    importance of keeping him hostile to France, 415;
    _N.'s_ attempt to negotiate with, 415;
    secret meeting with Metternich, 415;
    fatalism of, 420;
    Francis seeks alliance with, 420;
    jealousy of Austria, 424;
    mediocrity in military affairs, iv. 6;
    in military council at Trachenberg, 6;
    battle of Leipsic, 28-34;
    anxiety for the future of absolutism, 40;
    distrust of his allies, 40;
    Jacobinism of, 40;
    dissatisfied with Frankfort terms, 40;
    desires revenge for Moscow, 40;
    checks Bernadotte's ambitions, 55;
    encourages Bernadotte's ambition, 55, 57;
    holds the balances in the coalition, 57;
    ambition for European supremacy, 58;
    predicts speedy entry into Paris, 61;
    military blunder, 63;
    designs to acquire Galicia, 67;
    poses as a liberal, 68;
    designs regarding Poland, 67;
    desires to conquer France, 67;
    forbids the restoration of Vaud to Bern, 68;
    suspends the Congress of Chatillon, 70;
    consents to re-opening the Congress, 72;
    activity of, 88, 89;
    prepares for the entry into Paris, 90;
    terror-stricken at Arcis, 92;
    attitude toward Austria, 98;
    holds a military council, 98;
    intrigues with Vitrolles, 98;
    eagerness to annihilate _N._, 98;
    violates armistice before Paris, 110;
    orders an assault, 110;
    fears _N.'s_ arrival at Paris, 110;
    Talleyrand sends a "blank check" to, 113;