The History of Napoleon Buonaparte eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 679 pages of information about The History of Napoleon Buonaparte.

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 679 pages of information about The History of Napoleon Buonaparte.

Buonaparte, Napoleon, birth and parentage, 1;
  education at Brienne, 3, 4;
  at Paris, 5;
  appointed second lieutenant of artillery, 6;
  political views, 6;
  made captain of artillery, 6;
  De Bourienne’s description of, 7;
  first military service, 8;
  commands artillery at Toulon, 9;
  wounded at Toulon, 12;
  surveys Mediterranean coast fortifications, 14;
  chief of battalion in army of Italy, 15;
  is superseded, 15;
  in love with Mdlle.  Clery, 16;
  at Paris, 16;
  refuses to go to La Vendee, 16;
  name erased from list of officers, 16;
  asks to be sent to Turkey, 16;
  commands artillery brigade, 17;
  commands army of interior, 21;
  meets Josephine, 22;
  marries Josephine, 23;
  commands army of Italy, 24;
  at Monte Notte, 27;
  at Millesimo, 27;
  at Mondovi, 28;
  dictates peace to Sardinia, 28;
  crosses the Po, 30;
  at the bridge of Lodi, 31;
  enters Milan, 33;
  seizes works of art, 34;
  suspected by the Directory, 35;
  crosses the Mincio, 36;
  escapes capture at Valleggio, 37;
  besieges Mantua, 38;
  insults Venice, 39;
  peace with Sicily, 39;
  grants respite to Pope, 40;
  seizes Leghorn and enters Florence, 40;
  policy in Italy, 41;
  at battle of Lonato and narrow escape, 44, 45;
  defeats Wurmser, 45;
  marches on Mantua, 46;
  at Roveredo, 47;
  at Primolano and Bassano, 48;
  escapes capture at Arcola, 49;
  sends expedition to Corsica, 50;
  at Arcola, 52;
  life saved by Muiron, 54;
  forms new Italian republics, 55;
  at battle of Rivoli, 57;
  grants terms to Mantua, 60;
  wars against the Pope, 61;
  treaty of Tollentino, 63;
  at battle of Tagliamento, 65;
  treaty of Leoben, 67;
  conquers Venice, 69;
  offered bribes, 70;
  discovers Pichegru’s intrigues, 70;
  at Montebello, 74;
  treaty of Campo-Formio, 75;
  at congress at Rastadt, 78;
  returns to Paris, 79;
  conduct in Paris, 79, 80;
  appointed to command army for invasion of England, 83;
  opinion of projected invasion, 84;
  suggests seizure of Malta and invasion of Egypt, 85;
  forms troop of “Savans,” 86;
  at Toulon, 86;
  embarks for Egypt, 87;
  captures Malta, 88;
  escapes Nelson and takes Alexandria, 89;
  conduct in Egypt, 89-92;
  at the Pyramids, 93;
  enters Cairo, 94;
  administration in Egypt, 96;
  remarks on battle of Aboukir, 96;
  quells insurrection at Cairo, 98;
  explores isthmus of Suez, 99;
  visits Mount Sinai and explores Red Sea, 99;
  marches for Syria, 99;
  captures El-Arish, Gazah and Jaffa, 100;
  orders massacre of prisoners, 100;
  besieges Acre, 101;
  rescues Junot at Nazareth and Kleber at Mount Tabor, 102;
  retreats to Jaffa, 104;
  massacres Turkish prisoners, 104;

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