LIFE OF NAPOLEON

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Chap. LXXV.—Buonaparte marches upon Blucher, who is in possessionof Soissons—Attacks the Place without success—Battle of Craonne—BlucherRetreats on Laon—Battle of Laon—Napoleon is compelled towithdraw on the 11th—He attacks Rheims, which is evacuated by theRussians—Defeat at Bar-sur-Aube of Oudinot and Gerard, who, withMacdonald, are forced to Retreat towards Paris—Schwartzenbergwishes to Retreat behind the Aube—but the Emperor Alexander andLord Castlereagh opposing the measure, it is determined to proceedupon Paris—Napoleon occupies Arcis—Battle of Arcis—Napoleon isjoined, in the night after the Battle, by Macdonald, Oudinot, and Gerard—andRetreats along the Aube, 1

Chap. LXXVI.—Plans of Buonaparte—Military and Political Questionsregarding Paris—Napoleon crosses the Marne on 22d March—Retrospectof Events in the Vicinity of Lyons, &c.—Defeats of the French in variousQuarters—Marmont and Mortier Retreat under the walls of Paris—JosephBuonaparte—Maria Louisa, with the Civil Authorities, leave theCity—Attack of Paris on the 30th—A Truce accorded—Joseph flies, 11

Chap. LXXVII.—State of Parties in Paris—Royalists—Revolutionists—Buonapartists—Talleyrand—Chateaubriand—Missionto the Allied Sovereigns—TheirAnswer—Efforts of the Buonapartists—Feelings of theLowest Classes—of the Middling Ranks—Neutrality of the NationalGuard—Growing confidence of the Royalists—Proclamations and WhiteCockades—Crowds assemble at the Boulevards—The Allies are receivedwith shouts of welcome—Their Army retires to quarters—and the Cossacksbivouac in the Champs-Elysées, 28

Chap. LXXVIII.—Fears of the Parisians—Proceedings of Napoleon—Operationsof the French Cavalry in rear of the Allies—Capture of Weissemberg—TheEmperor Francis is nearly surprised—Napoleon reachesTroyes on the night of the 29th March—Opinion of Macdonald as to thepossibility of relieving Paris—Napoleon leaves Troyes, on the 30th and{iv}meets Belliard, a few miles from

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