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

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Pomerania offered to, 399;
    joins the coalition, 399; iv. 2, 3;
    his troops evacuate Hamburg, 407;
    commanding Army of the North, 3;
    in military council at Trachenberg, 6;
    battle of Grossbeeren, 14;
    at Jueterbog, 18;
    battle of Dennewitz, 18, 19;
    crosses the Elbe, 22;
    contemplated movement against, 23;
    _N._ seeks to engage, 25, 26;
    proposed junction with Schwarzenberg, 26;
    at Merseburg, 27;
    at Oppin, 28;
    offers terms to Davout, 55;
    ordered to the lower Rhine, 56;
    at Liege, 85;
    receives flag of truce from Joseph, 85;
    the allies dread betrayal by, 85.

  =Bernadotte, Mme.=, i. 294.

  =Bernburg=, French forces at, iii. 393.

  =Berneck=, defeat of Junot by the Black Legion at, iii. 234.

  =Berner Klause=, the, i. 412.

  =Berry=, military movements near, iv. 77, 78.

  =Berry, Charles Ferdinand, Duc de=, doubtful courage of, ii. 301;
    refrains from entering France, 301;
    suspected of plotting in Brittany, 303.

  =Berry-au-Bac=, abandoned by Marmont, iv. 81;
    Marmont at, 85.

  =Berthier, Gen. Alexandre=, a product of Carnot's system, i. 332;
    service in the Alps, 346;
    at Lodi, 361;
    in the Rivoli campaign, 413;
    carries treaty of Campo Formio to the Directory, ii. 24;
    plunders Venetia, 38;
    proclaims the Roman Republic, 39;
    ordered to kill hostile tribesmen, 70;
    ordered to prepare for triumphal entry into Cairo, 76;
    accompanies _N._ on his return from Alexandria, 81;
    action on the 18th Brumaire, 104;
    forms the army of reserve, 140;
    sent to Geneva, 140;
    method of computing his army, 169;
    plans for crossing the Alps, 169;
    urges capture of Fort Bard, 171;
    created marshal, 323;
    Master of the Hounds, 324;
    muzzles the press in Prussia, 417;
    letter from _N._, Aug. 25, 1806, 420;
    personal attendance on _N._, 425;
    in battle of Eylau, iii. 16; iv. 174;
    at Tilsit, iii. 52, 59;
    income, 87, 296;
    created Prince of Neufchatel, 86, 96, 279;
    appointed vice-constable, 96;
    at Bayonne, 144;
    chief of staff, 203, 323, 402;
    orders to, iii. 203;
    deficiency of military knowledge, 204;
    fails in execution of his orders, 205;
    charged with treachery, 206;
    on _N.'s_ habit of work, 210;
    discovers attempt to assassinate _N._, 240;
    _N.'s_ proxy to marry Maria Louisa, 254-256;
    created Prince of Wagram, 256;
    letter from Ney to, Nov. 5, 1812, 360, 361;
    informs Macdonald of the Russian disasters, 384;
    alleged hostility to Jomini, iv. 2;
    battle of Dresden, 11;
    at Nangis, 73;
    receives flag of truce from Schwarzenberg, 73;
    persuades _N._ to resume negotiations, 74;
    capture of one of his couriers, 96;
    at council at St. Dizier, 103;
    advises a return to Lorraine, 116;
    Marmont sends treasonable documents to, 119;
    at the abdication scene, 121;
    transfers his allegiance to Louis XVIII, 132;
    nicknamed "Peter," 147;