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

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=Black Sea=, proposed Indian expeditions via, ii. 209.

  =Blake, Gen.=, defeated at Medina de Rio Seco, iii. 156;
    advances from Durango, 184;
    concerted French movement against, 185;
    driven back to Valmaseda, 184;
    _N.'s_ scheme to annihilate, 184;
    defeated at Espinosa, 185;
    joins La Romana, in Asturias, 185;
    annihilation of his army by Suchet, 289.

  =Blankenburg=, Louis XVIII retreats to, ii. 5.

  =Blankenhain=, Prince Hohenlohe at, ii. 428.

  =Blasowitz=, military operations near, ii. 385.

  =Blois=, _N.'s_ private treasure at, iv. 50, 134;
    imperial regency established at, 115;
    French garrison at, 118;
    dissolution of the imperial government at, 135.

  =Bluecher, Marshal G. L. von=, member of Prussian reform party, ii. 415;
    Prussian commander, 419;
    military movements near Eisenach, 427;
    battle of Auerstaedt, 433;
    reaches Luebeck, 437;
    duplicity to Klein, 436;
    surrender of, 437;
    in campaign of 1813, iii. 399;
    at Striegau, iv. 3, 6;
    violates the armistice, 3, 6;
    commanding the army of the East, 6;
    gives _N._ an advantage, 6, 7;
    secures an independent command, 6;
    pursued by _N._, 7;
    at Bunzlau, 7;
    retreats behind the Deichsel, 7;
    crosses the Katzbach, 8;
    battle of Katzbach, 15;
    pursues Macdonald, 15;
    Macdonald fails to hold, 17;
    operations in Silesia, 17;
    attacks Macdonald at Fischbach, 18;
    Macdonald ordered to check his advance, 20;
    advances on Dresden, 20;
    northward movement, 21;
    marches to Kemberg, 22;
    drives Bertrand to Bitterfeld, 22;
    contemplated movement against, 23;
    _N._ seeks to engage, 25, 26;
    joint movements with Bernadotte and Schwarzenberg, 26;
    advances to Halle, 26;
    battle of Leipsic, 28, 30, 33;
    acquires two Swedish corps, 56;
    crosses the Rhine, 57;
    aims to annihilate _N._, 57;
    crosses the Saar, 58;
    invests the Mosel fortresses, 58;
    advances on Arcis, 58;
    effects union with Schwarzenberg, 60;
    defeated at Brienne, 60;
    battles of La Rothiere and Troyes, 60;
    predicts a speedy entry into Paris, 61;
    leads the advance down the Marne, 62;
    attempts to cut off Macdonald, 61;
    strength, Feb. 9, 1814, 61;
    French movement from Sezanne against, 62, 63;
    battle of Montmirail, 63;
    retreat across the Marne, 63;
    defeated at Vauchamps, 64;
    retreats to Bergeres, 65;
    drives Marmont to Fromentieres, 64;
    _N._ deals him "a blow in the eye," 70;
    Marmont ordered to hold, 71;
    at Mery, 73;
    collects his army at Chalons, 73;
    Oudinot sent against, 73;
    pursued by _N._, 75;
    makes diversion in favor of main army, 75;
    advances on Paris, 76;
    letter from Frederick William III, Feb. 26, 1814, 75;
    _N._ in pursuit of, 76;
    moves on Meaux, 76;
    recruits his forces at Soissons, 77;
    retreats up the Ourcq, 76;
    checked by Marmont and Mortier, 76;
    crosses the Marne, 76;