Part 10
_My Dear_,--A son has been born to Hortense;[28] I am highly delighted. I am not surprised that you tell me nothing of it, since your letter is dated the 21st, and the child was only born on the 20th,[29] during the night.
You can start on the 26th, sleep at Mont de Marsan, and arrive here on the 27th. Have your best dinner-service sent on here on the 25th, in the evening. I have made arrangements for you to have a little house in the country, next to the one I have. My health is good.
I am waiting for Charles IV. and his wife.
Adieu, dear.
NAPOLEON.
* * * * *
_April 30th.--Charles IV. and the Queen arrive at Bayonne._
_May 1st.--Ferdinand gives back the crown to his father._
_May 2nd.--Murat subdues insurrection at Madrid._
_May 5th.--Treaty of Bayonne; Charles IV. and Ferdinand (May 6) surrender to Napoleon their rights to the Spanish crown._
_May 13th.--Spanish Junta ask for Joseph Bonaparte to be their king._
_June 6th.--King Joseph proclaimed King of Spain and the Indies by Napoleon, in an imperial decree, dated Bayonne._
_June 7th.--French, under Dupont, sacked Cordova._
_June 9th.--Emperor of Austria calls out his militia._
_June 15th.--French fleet at Cadiz surrender to the Spanish._
_July 4th.--English cease hostilities with Spain, and recognise Ferdinand VII._
_July 7th.--Spanish new constitution sworn to by Joseph and by the Junta._
_July 9th.--Commences the siege of Saragossa._
_July 14th.--Bessieres defeats 40,000 Spaniards at Medina de Rio Seco._
_July 15th.--Murat declared King of Naples._
_July 20th.--Joseph enters Madrid._ Mahmoud deposed by his younger brother at Constantinople.
_July 22nd.--Dupont capitulates at Baylen--"the only stain on French arms for twenty years (1792-1812)."_--Montgaillard.
_July 30th.--French protest against Austrian armaments._
_August 1st.--Wellington landed in Portugal._
_August 21st.--Battle of Vimiera, creditable to Junot._
_August 25th.--Spanish troops reoccupy Madrid._
_August 30th.--Convention of Cintra. French only hold Barcelona, Biscay, Navarre, and Alava, in the whole of Spain._
_September 8th.--Convention of Paris (Prussia and France); Prussian army not to exceed 40,000 men._
FOOTNOTES
[28] Charles Louis Napoleon, afterwards Napoleon III.
[29] At 17 Rue Lafitte.
SERIES J
"When he shows as seeking quarter, with paws like hands in prayer, _That_ is the time of peril--the time of the truce of the Bear!"
--KIPLING.
SERIES J
(For subjoined Notes to this Series see pages 269-273.)
LETTER PAGE
No. 1. _I have rather a cold_ 270 _I am pleased with the Emperor_ 270
No. 2. _Shooting over the battlefield of Jena_ 271 _The Weimar ball_ 271 _A few trifling ailments_ 271
No. 3. _I am pleased with Alexander_ 272 _He ought to be with me_ 272 _Erfurt_ 273
LETTERS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON TO THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE DURING HIS STAY AT ERFURT, 1808.
No. 1.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT ST. CLOUD.
_Erfurt, September 29, 1808._
I have rather a cold. I have received your letter, dated Malmaison. I am well pleased with the Emperor and every one here.
It is an hour after midnight, and I am tired.
Adieu, dear; take care of yourself.
NAPOLEON.
No. 2.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT ST. CLOUD.
_October 9, 1808._
_My Dear_,--I have received your letter. I note with pleasure that you are well. I have just been shooting over the battlefield of Jena. We had breakfast (_dejeune_) at the spot where I bivouacked on the night of the battle.
I assisted at the Weimar ball. The Emperor Alexander dances; but not I. Forty years are forty years.
My health is really sound, in spite of a few trifling ailments.
Adieu, dear; I hope to see you soon.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
No. 3.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT ST. CLOUD.
_My Dear_,--I write you seldom; I am very busy. Conversations which last whole days, and which do not improve my cold. Still all goes well. I am pleased with Alexander; he ought to be with me. If he were a woman, I think I should make him my sweetheart.
I shall be back to you shortly; keep well and let me find you plump and rosy.
Adieu, dear.
NAPOLEON.
SERIES K
"The winter campaign commenced on the 1st of November 1808, and terminated on the 1st of March 1809, to the advantage of the French, who, for that reason, denominate it the _Imperial Campaign_. The Spaniards were long before they could recover from the terror caused by the defeat of their armies, the capture of Madrid, the surrender of Saragossa, and the departure of the English from Corunna."--_Sarrazin's History of the War in Spain and Portugal_, 1815.
SERIES K
(For subjoined Notes to this Series see pages 273-278.)
LETTER PAGE
No. 5. Aranda 273
No. 6. Madrid 273 _Parisian weather_ 273
No. 8. _Kourakin_ 274
No. 9. _The English_ appear to have received reinforcements 274
No. 10. _Benavente_ 274 _The English flee panic-stricken_ 274 _The weather_ 274 _Lefebvre_ 275
No. 11. _Your letters_ 275-6
No. 12. _The English are in utter rout_ 276
Nos. 13 & 14. Valladolid 277 _Eugene has a daughter_ 277 _They are foolish in Paris_ 277
LETTERS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON TO THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE DURING THE SPANISH CAMPAIGN, 1808 AND 1809.
_October 29th.--English enter Spain._
_October 31st.--Blake defeated by Lefebvre at Tornosa._
No. 1.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_November 3, 1808._
I arrived to-night[30] with considerable trouble. I had ridden several stages at full speed. Still, I am well.
To-morrow I start for Spain.
My troops are arriving in force.
Adieu, dear.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
* * * * *
_November 4th.--Napoleon enters Spain._
No. 2.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_Tolosa, November 5, 1808._
I am at Tolosa. I am starting for Vittoria, where I shall be in a few hours. I am fairly well, and I hope everything will soon be completed.
NAPOLEON.
No. 3.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_Vittoria, November 7._
_My Dear_,--I have been the last two days at Vittoria. I am in good health. My troops are arriving daily; the Guard arrived to-day.
The King is in very good health. I am very busy.
I know that you are in Paris. Never doubt my affection.
NAPOLEON.
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_November 10th._--Battle of Burgos. _Soult and Bessieres defeat Spaniards, who lose 3000 killed and 3000 prisoners, and 20 cannon._
_November 12th._--Battle of Espinosa. _Marshal Victor defeats La Romana and Blake, who lose 20,000 men and 50 cannon._
No. 4.
_November 14th._--Third revolution at Constantinople. _Mahmoud IV. assassinated (November 15th)._
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_Burgos, November 14, 1808._
Matters here are progressing at a great rate. The weather is very fine. We are successful. My health is very good.
NAPOLEON.
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_November 23rd.--Battle of Tudela. Castanos and Palafox defeated, with loss of 7000 men and 30 cannon, by Marshal Lannes. "The battle of Tudela makes the pendant of that of Espinosa."_--NAPOLEON.
No. 5.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_November 26, 1808._
I have received your letter. I trust that your health be as good as mine is, although I am very busy. All goes well here.
I think you should return to the Tuileries on December 21st, and from that date give a concert daily for eight days.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
Kind regards to Hortense and to M. Napoleon.
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_December 3rd.--French voluntarily evacuate Berlin._
_December 4th.--Surrender of Madrid. Napoleon abolishes the Inquisition and feudal rights._ ("_He regards the taking of a capital as decisive for the submission of a whole kingdom; thus in 1814 will act his adversaries, pale but judicious imitators of his strategy._"--Montgaillard.)
No. 6.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_December 7, 1808._
Your letter of the 28th to hand. I am glad to see that you are well. You will have seen that young Tascher has distinguished himself, which has pleased me. My health is good.
Here we are enjoying Parisian weather of the last fortnight in May. We are hot, and have no fires; but the nights are rather cool.
Madrid is quiet. All my affairs prosper.
Adieu, dear.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
Kind regards to Hortense and to M. Napoleon.
No. 7.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_Chamartin, December 10, 1808._
_My Dear_,--Yours to hand, in which you tell me what bad weather you are having in Paris; here it is the best weather imaginable. Please tell me what mean these alterations Hortense is making; I hear she is sending away her servants. Is it because they have refused to do what was required? Give me some particulars. Reforms are not desirable.
Adieu, dear. The weather here is delightful. All goes excellently, and I pray you to keep well.
NAPOLEON.
No. 8.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_December 21, 1808._
You ought to have been at the Tuileries on the 12th. I trust you may have been pleased with your rooms.
I have authorised the presentation of Kourakin to you and the family; be kind to him, and let him take part in your plays.
Adieu, dear. I am well. The weather is rainy; it is rather cold.
NAPOLEON.
No. 9.
_December 22nd.--Napoleon quits Madrid._
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_Madrid, December 22, 1808._
I start at once to outmanoeuvre the English, who appear to have received reinforcements and wish to look big.
The weather is fine, my health perfect; don't be uneasy.
NAPOLEON.
No. 10.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_Benavento, December 31, 1808._
_My Dear_,--The last few days I have been in pursuit of the English, but they flee panic-stricken. They have pusillanimously abandoned the remnant of La Romana's army in order not to delay its retreat a single half day. More than a hundred waggons of their baggage have already been taken. The weather is very bad.
Lefebvre[31] has been captured. He took part in a skirmish with 300 of his chasseurs; these idiots crossed a river by swimming and threw themselves in the midst of the English cavalry; they killed several, but on their return Lefebvre had his horse wounded; it was swimming, the current took him to the bank where the English were; he was taken. Console his wife.
Adieu, dear. Bessieres, with 10,000 cavalry, is at Astorga.
NAPOLEON.
A happy New Year to everybody.
No. 11.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_January 3, 1809._
_My Dear_,--I have received your letters of the 18th and 21st. I am close behind the English.
The weather is cold and rigorous, but all goes well.
Adieu, dear.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
A happy New Year, and a very happy one, to my Josephine.
No. 12.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_Benavento, January 5, 1809._
_My Dear_,--I write you a line. The English are in utter rout; I have instructed the Duke of Dalmatia to pursue them closely (_l'epee dans les reins_). I am well; the weather bad.
Adieu, dear.
NAPOLEON.
No. 13.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_January 8, 1809._
I have received yours of the 23rd and 26th. I am sorry to see you have toothache. I have been here two days. The weather is what we must expect at this season. The English are embarking. I am in good health.
Adieu, dear.
I am writing Hortense. Eugene has a daughter.
Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
No. 14.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PARIS.
_January 9, 1809._
Moustache brings me your letter of 31st December. I see from it, dear, that you are sad and have very gloomy disquietudes. Austria will not make war on me; if she does, I have 150,000 men in Germany and as many on the Rhine, and 400,000 Germans to reply to her. Russia will not separate herself from me. They are foolish in Paris; all goes well.
I shall be at Paris the moment I think it worth while. I advise you to beware of ghosts; one fine day, at two o'clock in the morning.
But adieu, dear; I am well, and am yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
FOOTNOTES
[30] At Bayonne.
[31] General Lefebvre--Desnouettes.
SERIES L
"Berthier, incapable of acting a principal part, was surprised, and making a succession of false movements that would have been fatal to the French army, if the Emperor, journeying night and day, had not arrived at the very hour when his lieutenant was on the point of consummating the ruin of the army. But then was seen the supernatural force of Napoleon's genius. In a few hours he changed the aspect of affairs, and in a few days, maugre their immense number, his enemies, baffled and flying in all directions, proclaimed his mastery in an art which, up to that moment, was imperfect; for never, since troops first trod a field of battle, was such a display of military genius made by man."--NAPIER.
SERIES L
(For subjoined Notes to this Series see pages 278-295.)
LETTER PAGE
Napoleon's position in Europe 278
No. 1. _Donauwerth_ 281 The Ratisbon proclamation, and first successes of the campaign up to April 23rd 281-2
No. 2. _May 6th_ 282 _The ball that touched me_ 283
No. 3. Baron Marbot's foray; and memories of Richard Coeur de Lion 284
No. 4. _Schoenbrunn_ 284-5 _May 12th_ 285
No. 5. _Ebersdorf_ 286 _Eugene... has completely performed the task_ 287
No. 6. _May 29th_ 288
No. 7. _I have ordered the two princes_ 288-9 _The Duke of Montebello_ 289 _Thus everything ends_ 289
No. 9. _Eugene won a battle_ 290
No. 11. _Wagram_ 290 _Lasalle_ 291 _I am sunburnt_ 291
No. 12. _A surfeit of bile_ 291 _Wolkersdorf_ 291
No. 16. _My affairs follow my wishes_ 292
No. 17. _August 21st_ 292
No. 18. _Comedians_ 292 _Women ... not having been presented_ 293
No. 19. _All this is very suspicious_ 293
No. 20. _Krems_ 293 _My health has never been better_ 293
No. 23. _October 14th_ 294
No. 24. _Stuttgard_ 295
LETTERS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON TO THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE DURING THE AUSTRIAN CAMPAIGN, 1809.
EVENTS OF 1809.
_January 7th._--King and Queen of Prussia visit Alexander at St. Petersburg.
_January 12th._--Cayenne and French Guiana captured by Spanish and Portuguese South Americans.
_January 13th._--Combat of Alcazar. Victor defeats Spaniards.
_January 14th._--Treaty of Alliance between England and Spain.
_January 16th._--Battle of Corunna. Moore killed; Baird wounded.
_January 17th._--English army sails for England.
_January 22nd._--King Joseph returns to Madrid.
_January 27th._--Soult takes Ferrol (retaken by English, June 22nd).
_February 21st._--Lannes takes Saragossa.
_February 23rd._--English capture Martinique.
_March 4th._--Madison made President of United States.
_March 29th._--Soult fights battle of Oporto. Spaniards lose 20,000 men and 200 guns. Gustavus Adolphus abdicates throne of Sweden.
_April 9th._--Austrians under Archduke Charles cross the Inn, enter Bavaria, and take Munich. _Napoleon receives this news April 12th, and reaches Strasburg April 15th._
_April 15th._--Eugene defeated on the Tagliamento.
_April 16th._--And at Sacile.
_April 19th._--Combat of Pfafferhofen. Oudinot repulses Austrians, while Davoust wins the Battle of Thann. _Napoleon joins the army._
_April 20th._--Battle of Abensberg. Archduke Louis defeated. Austrians take Ratisbon, and 1800 prisoners. Poles defeated by Archduke Ferdinand at Baszy.
_April 21st._--Combat of Landshut; heavy Austrian losses. Austrians under Archduke Ferdinand take Warsaw.
_April 22nd.--Battle of Eckmuehl. Napoleon defeats Archduke Charles._
_April 23rd._--French take Ratisbon.
_April 25th._--King of Bavaria re-enters Munich.
_April 26th._--French army crosses the Inn.
_April 28th-30th._--French force the Salza, and cut in two the main Austrian army--"One of the most beautiful manoeuvres of modern tactics" (_Montgaillard_).
_April 29th._--Combat of Caldiero. Eugene defeats Archduke John.
_May 3rd._--Russia declares war on Austria, and enters Galicia.
_May 4th._--Combat of Ebersberg. Massena defeats Austrians, but loses a large number of men.
No. 1.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT STRASBURG.
_Donauwoerth, April 17, 1809._
I arrived here yesterday at 4 A.M.; I am just leaving it. Everything is under way. Military operations are in full activity. Up to the present, there is nothing new.
My health is good.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
No. 2.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT STRASBURG.
_Enns, May 6, 1809, Noon._
_My Dear_,--I have received your letter. The ball that touched me has not wounded me; it barely grazed the tendon Achilles.
My health is very good. You are wrong to be uneasy.
My affairs here go excellently.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
Kind regards to Hortense and the Duke de Berg.[32]
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_May 8th._--Eugene crosses the Piave, and defeats Archduke John.
No. 3.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT STRASBURG.
_Saint-Polten, May 9, 1809._
_My Dear_,--I write you from Saint-Polten. To-morrow I shall be before Vienna; it will be exactly a month to the day after the Austrians crossed the Inn, and violated peace.
My health is good, the weather splendid, and the soldiery very cheerful; there is wine here.
Keep well.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
* * * * *
_May 13th._--French occupy Vienna, after a bombardment of thirty-six hours.
_May 17th._--Roman States united to the French Empire.
_May 18th._--French occupy Trieste.
_May 19th._--Lefebvre occupies Innsbruck.
_May 20th._--Eugene reaches Klagenfurt.
_May 21st-22nd._--Battle of Essling. A drawn battle, unfavourable to the French, who lose Marshal Lannes, three generals killed, and 500 officers and 18,000 men wounded. The Archduke admits a loss of 4200 killed and 16,000 wounded.
_May 22nd._--Meerveldt with 4000 men surrenders at Laybach to Macdonald.
_May 25th._--Eugene reaches Leoben in Styria, and captures most of the corps of Jellachich.
_May 26th._--Eugene joins the army of Germany, at Bruck in Styria.
No. 4.
_May 12th._--Soult evacuates Portugal. Wellington crosses the Douro, and enters Spain.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT STRASBURG.
_Schoenbrunn, May 12, 1809._
I am despatching the brother of the Duchess of Montebello to let you know that I am master of Vienna, and that everything here goes perfectly. My health is very good.
NAPOLEON.
No. 5.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT STRASBURG.
_Ebersdorf, May 27, 1809._
I am despatching a page to tell you that Eugene has rejoined me with all his army; that he has completely performed the task that I entrusted him with; and has almost entirely destroyed the enemy's army opposed to him.
I send you my proclamation to the army of Italy, which will make you understand all this.
I am very well.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
_P.S._--You can have this proclamation printed at Strasburg, and have it translated into French and German, in order that it may be scattered broadcast over Germany. Give a copy of the proclamation to the page who goes on to Paris.
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_May 28th._--Hofer defeats Bavarians at Innsbruck.
No. 6.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT STRASBURG.
_Ebersdorf_, _May 29, 1809_, 7 P.M.
_My Dear_,--I have been here since yesterday; I am stopped by the river. The bridge has been burnt; I shall cross at midnight. Everything here goes as I wish it, viz., very well.
The Austrians have been overwhelmed (_frappes de la foudre_).
Adieu, dear.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
No. 7.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT STRASBURG.
_Ebersdorf May 31, 1809._
Your letter of the 26th to hand. I have written you that you can go to Plombieres. I do not care for you to go to Baden; it is not necessary to leave France. I have ordered the two princes to re-enter France.[33]
The loss of the Duke of Montebello, who died this morning, has grieved me exceedingly. Thus everything ends!!
Adieu, dear; if you can help to console the poor Marechale, do so.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
* * * * *
_June 1st._--Archduke Ferdinand evacuates Warsaw.
_June 6th._--Regent of Sweden proclaimed King as Charles XIII.
No. 8.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT STRASBURG.
_Schoenbrunn, June 9, 1809._
I have received your letter; I see with pleasure that you are going to the waters at Plombieres, they will do you good.
Eugene is in Hungary with his army. I am well, the weather very fine. I note with pleasure that Hortense and the Duke of Berg are in France.
Adieu, dear.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
* * * * *
_June 10th._--Union of the Papal States to France promulgated in Rome.
_June 11th.--Napoleon and all his abettors excommunicated._
_June 14th._--Eugene, aided by Macdonald and Lauriston, defeats Archduke Ferdinand at Raab.
No. 9.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Schoenbrunn, June 16, 1809._
I despatch a page to tell you that, on the 14th, the anniversary of Marengo, Eugene won a battle against the Archduke John and the Archduke Palatine, at Raab, in Hungary; that he has taken 3000 men, many pieces of cannon, 4 flags, and pursued them a long way on the road to Buda-Pesth.
NAPOLEON.
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_June 18th._--Combat of Belchite. Blake defeated by Suchet near Saragossa.
No. 10.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Schoenbrunn, June 19, 1809, Noon._
I have your letter, which tells me of your departure for Plombieres. I am glad you are making this journey, because I trust it may do you good.
Eugene is in Hungary, and is well. My health is very good, and the army in fighting trim.
I am very glad to know that the Grand Duke of Berg is with you.
Adieu, dear. You know my affection for my Josephine; it never varies.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
* * * * *
_July 4th-5th._--French cross Danube, and win battle of Enzersdorff.
_July 5th-6th._--Pope Pius VII. carried off from Rome by order of Murat; eventually kept at Savona.
_July 6th.--Battle of Wagram._ The most formidable artillery battle ever fought up to this date (900 guns in action). The Austrians had 120,000 men, with more guns and of larger calibre than those of the French.
No. 11.
_July 7th._--St. Domingo surrenders to the English.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Ebersdorf_, _July 7, 1809_, 5 A.M.
I am despatching a page to bring you the good tidings of the victory of Enzersdorf, which I won on the 5th, and that of Wagram, which I won on the 6th.
The enemy's army flies in disorder, and all goes according to my prayers (_voeux_).
Eugene is well. Prince Aldobrandini is wounded, but slightly.
Bessieres has been shot through the fleshy part of his thigh; the wound is very slight. Lasalle was killed. My losses are full heavy, but the victory is decisive and complete. We have taken more than 100 pieces of cannon, 12 flags, many prisoners.
I am sunburnt.
Adieu, dear. I send you a kiss. Kind regards to Hortense.
NAPOLEON.
No. 12.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Wolkersdorf_, _July 9, 1809_, 2 A.M.
_My Dear_,--All goes here as I wish. My enemies are defeated, beaten, utterly routed. They were in great numbers; I have wiped them out. To-day my health is good; yesterday I was rather ill with a surfeit of bile, occasioned by so many hardships, but it has done me much good.
Adieu, dear. I am in excellent health.
NAPOLEON.
* * * * *
_July 12th._--Armistice of Znaim. Archduke Charles resigns his command.
No. 13.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PLOMBIERES.
_In the Camp, before Znaim, July 13, 1809._
I send you the suspension of arms concluded yesterday with the Austrian General. Eugene is on the Hungary side, and is well. Send a copy of the suspension of arms to Cambaceres, in case he has not yet received one.
I send you a kiss, and am very well.
NAPOLEON.
You may cause this suspension of arms to be printed at Nancy.
* * * * *
_July 14th._--English seize Senegal. Oudinot, Marmont, Macdonald made Marshals.
No. 14.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Schoenbrunn, July 17, 1809._
_My Dear_,--I have sent you one of my pages. You will have learnt the result of the battle of Wagram, and, later, of the suspension of arms of Znaim.
My health is good. Eugene is well, and I long to know that you, as well as Hortense, are the same.
Give a kiss for me to Monsieur, the Grand Duke of Berg.
NAPOLEON.
No. 15.
TO THE EMPRESS, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Schoenbrunn, July 24, 1809._
I have just received yours of July 18th. I note with pleasure that the waters are doing you good. I see no objection to you going back to Malmaison after you have finished your treatment.
It is hot enough here in all conscience. My health is excellent.
Adieu, dear. Eugene is at Vienna, in the best of health.--Yours ever,
NAPOLEON.
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