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France and U.S.--agreed that the flag covers the goods.
_October 3rd._--To facilitate peace King George renounces his
title of King of France.
_November 12th._--Rupture of Armistice between France and
Austria.
_December 3rd._--Moreau wins the battle of Hohenlinden (Austrian
loss, 16,000 men, 80 guns; French 3000).
_December 20th._--Moreau occupies Lintz (100 miles from Vienna).
_December 24th.--Royalist conspirators fail to kill Bonaparte with
an infernal machine._
_December 25th._--Armistice at Steyer between Moreau and Archduke
Charles (sent for by the Austrians a fortnight before as their
last hope).
FOOTNOTES
[16] Bonaparte's courier.
[17] The date of this letter is May 29, 1800. See Notes.
SERIES D
"The peace of Amiens had always been regarded from the side of
England as an armed truce: on the side of Napoleon it had a very
different character.... A careful reader must admit that we were
guilty of a breach of faith in not surrendering Malta. The promise
of its surrender was the principal article of the treaty."
_England and Napoleon in 1803._
(Edited for the R. Hist. S. by Oscar Browning, 1887.)
SERIES D
(For subjoined Notes to this Series see pages 225-231.)
LETTER PAGE
Date 225
No. 1. _The blister_ 225
_Some plants_ 225
_If the weather is as bad_ 226
_Malmaison, without you_ 228
No. 2. _The fat Eugene_ 228
No. 3. _Your letter has come_ 229
_Injured whilst shooting a boar_ 229
"_The Barber of Seville_" 229
No. 4. _The Sevres Manufactory_ 230
No. 5. _Your lover, who is tired of being alone_ 230
_General Ney_ 231
JOSEPHINE'S TWO VISITS TO PLOMBIERES,
1801 AND 1802.
EVENTS OF 1801.
_January 1st._--Legislative Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
_January 3rd._--French under Brune occupy Verona, and
_January 8th._--Vicenza.
_January 11th._--Cross the Brenta.
_January 16th._---Armistice at Treviso between Brune and the
Austrian General Bellegarde.
_February 9th._--Treaty of Luneville, by which the Thalweg of the
Rhine became the boundary of Germany and France.
_March 8th._--English land at Aboukir.
_March 21st._--Battle of Alexandria (Canopus). Menou defeated by
Abercromby, with loss of 2000.
_March 24th._--The Czar Paul is assassinated.
_March 28th._--Treaty of Peace between France and Naples, who
cedes Elba and Piombino.
_April 2nd._--Nelson bombards Copenhagen.
_May 23rd._--General Baird lands at Kosseir on the Red Sea with
1000 English and 10,000 Sepoys.
_June 7th._--French evacuate Cairo.
_July 1st._--Toussaint-Louverture elected Life-Governor of St.
Domingo. Slavery abolished there. The new ruler declares, "I am
the Bonaparte of St. Domingo, and the Colony cannot exist without
me;" and heads his letters to the First Consul, "From the First of
the Blacks to the First of the Whites."
_July 15th.--Concordat between Bonaparte and the Pope, signed at
Paris by Bonaparte, ratified by the Pope (August 15th)._
_August 4th._--Nelson attacks Boulogne flotilla and is repulsed.
_August 15th._--Attacks again, and suffers severely.
_August 31st._--Menou capitulates to Hutchinson at Alexandria.
_September 29th._--Treaty of Peace between France and Portugal;
boundaries of French Guiana extended to the Amazon.
_October 1st._--Treaty between France and Spain, who restores
Louisiana. Preliminaries of Peace between France and England
signed in London.
_October 8th._--Treaty of Peace between France and Russia.
_October 9th._--And between France and Turkey.
_December 14th._--Expedition sent out to St. Domingo by the French
under General Leclerc.
No. 1.
TO JOSEPHINE, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Paris the "27" ..., 1801._
The weather is so bad here that I have remained in Paris. Malmaison,
without you, is too dreary. The fete has been a great success; it has
rather tired me. The blister they have put on my arm gives me constant
pain.
Some plants have come for you from London, which I have sent to your
gardener. If the weather is as bad at Plombieres as it is here, you
will suffer severely from floods.
Best love to "Maman" and Hortense.
BONAPARTE.
* * * * *
EVENTS OF 1802.
_January 4th.--Louis Bonaparte marries Hortense Beauharnais, both
unwilling._
_January 9th.--The First Consul, with Josephine, leaves for Lyons,
where,_
_January 25th.--He remodels the Cisalpine Republic as the Italian
Republic, under his Presidency._
_March 25th._--Treaty of Amiens signed in London. French lose only
Ceylon and Trinidad. Malta to be restored to the Order of Knights,
reconstituted.
_May 7th._--Toussaint surrenders to Leclerc.
_May 19th._--Institution of the Legion of Honour.
No. 2.
TO JOSEPHINE, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Malmaison, June 19, 1802._
I have as yet received no news from you, but I think you must already
have begun to take the waters. It is rather dull for us here, although
your charming daughter does the honours of the house to perfection.
For the last two days I have suffered slightly from my complaint. The
fat Eugene arrived yesterday evening; he is very hale and hearty.
I love you as I did the first hour, because you are kind and sweet
beyond compare.
Hortense told me that she was often writing you.
Best wishes, and a love-kiss.--Yours ever,
BONAPARTE.
No. 3.
TO JOSEPHINE, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Malmaison, June 23, 1802._
_My Good Little Josephine_,--Your letter has come. I am sorry to see
you have been poorly on the journey, but a few days' rest will put you
right. I am very fairly well. Yesterday I was at the Marly hunt, and
one of my fingers was very slightly injured whilst shooting a boar.
Hortense is usually in good health. Your fat son has been rather
unwell, but is getting better. I think the ladies are playing "The
Barber of Seville" to-night. The weather is perfect.
Rest assured that my truest wishes are ever for my little
Josephine.--Yours ever,
BONAPARTE.
No. 4.
TO JOSEPHINE, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Malmaison, June 27, 1802._
Your letter, dear little wife, has apprised me that you are out of
sorts. Corvisart tells me that it is a good sign that the baths are
having the desired effect, and that your health will soon be
re-established. But I am most truly grieved to know that you are in
pain.
Yesterday I went to see the Sevres manufactory at St. Cloud.
Best wishes to all.--Yours for life,
BONAPARTE.
* * * * *
_June 29th.--Pope withdraws excommunication from Talleyrand._
No. 5.
TO JOSEPHINE, AT PLOMBIERES.
_Malmaison, July 1, 1802._
Your letter of June 29th has arrived. You say nothing of your health
nor of the effect of the baths. I see that you expect to be home in a
week; that is good news for your lover, who is tired of being alone!
You ought to have seen General Ney, who started for Plombieres; he
will be married on his return.
Yesterday Hortense played Rosina in "The Barber of Seville" with her
usual skill.
Rest assured of my love, and that I await your return impatiently.
Without you everything here is dreary.
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