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

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=Beaulieu, J. P.=, commanding Austrian army in Lombardy, i. 352-361;
    attacks Laharpe at Voltri, 352, 353;
    falls back on Acqui, 354;
    _N.'s_ operations against, 355-366;
    military genius, 358;
    defense of Milan, 358-361;
    outflanked at Piacenza, 359;
    retreats to the Mincio, 361;
    seizes Peschiera, 361, 372;
    thwarts _N.'s_ plan, 361;
    violates Venetian neutrality, 372;
    his army scattered, 378.

  =Beaumont=, military operations near, iv. 170.

  =Becker, Gen.=, accompanies _N._ to Rochefort, iv. 219;
    urges _N.'s_ value as a general, 219.

  =Beet-root sugar=, production encouraged, iii, 79;
    _N.'s_ interest in, 304.

  =Belce, Canon=, vice-president of the Directory of Corsica, i. 133.

  =Belgium=, proposals to establish a republic in, i. 194;
    plunder of works of art from, 369;
    _N.'s_ policy concerning, 429;
    ceded to France by treaty of Leoben, 438;
    England's efforts to release, 450;
    France's interest in, 450;
    England's concessions as to, ii. 12;
    incorporated with France, 153;
    the Code Napoleon in, 223;
    public works in, 349;
    visit of _N._ and Maria Louisa to, iii. 269;
    mediocrity of soldiers of, iv. 20;
    the allies refuse to give the country to France, 67;
    _N._ entreated to abandon, 70;
    _N._ refuses to give up, 74;
    campaign of Waterloo, 169 et seq.;
    provisions for defense of, 172;
    weakness of her troops, 195, 201.
    _See also_ =Austrian Netherlands=.

  =Belle Alliance=, French van at, iv. 190;
    _N._ at, 193, 194, 196;
    topography, 195;
    the French position at, 196;
    fighting at, 210.

  =Bellegarde, Gen. H. de=, supersedes Melas, ii. 188;
    on the Mincio, 188.

  ="Bellerophon," the=, Napoleon embarks on, iv. 220, 221, 222, 287;
    sails for Torbay, 221;
    goes to Plymouth Sound, 222;
    in Torbay, 227.

  =Bellesca=, organizes rebellion in favor of Don John, iii. 122.

  =Belleville=, defense of, iv. 109, 110.

  =Belliard, Gen. A. D.=, carries the news of surrender of Paris to
      the Emperor, iv. 105, 115;
    advises a return to Lorraine, 116;
    transfers his allegiance to Louis XVIII, 132.

  =Bellingham, John=, assassinates Mr. Perceval, iii. 378.

  =Bellinzona=, Austrian force at, ii. 170;
    Moncey arrives at, 172.

  =Bellowitz=, military operations near, ii. 386.

  =Belluno=, Lusignan driven beyond, i. 432;
    creation of hereditary duchy of, ii. 395;
    Victor created Duke of, iii. 86.
    _See also_ =Victor=.

  =Belt, the=, difficulties of Bernadotte's crossing the, iii. 117.

  =Belbedere, Gen.=, forces near Burgos, iii. 184.

  =Benevento=, Talleyrand created Prince of, ii. 396 (_see also_
      =Talleyrand=);
    destruction of magazines at, iii. 188.