Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 02

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 02

Signature of the preliminaries of peaceFall of VeniceMy arrival and reception at LeobenBonaparte wishes to pursue his success The Directory opposes himHe wishes to advance on ViennaMovement of the army of the Sambre-et-MeuseBonaparte's dissatisfaction Arrival at MilanWe take up our residence at MontebelloNapoleon's judgment respecting Dandolo and Melzi. I joined Bonaparte at Leoben on the 19th of April, the day after the signature of the preliminaries of peace. These preliminaries resembled in no respect the definitive treaty of Campo Formio. The still incomplete fall of the State of Venice did not at that time present an available prey for partition. All was arranged afterwards. Woe to the small States that come in immediate contact with two colossal empires waging war! Here terminated my connection with Bonaparte as a comrade and equal, and those relations with him commenced in which I saw him suddenly great, powerful, and surrounded with homage and glory. I no longer addressed him as I had been accustomed to do. I appreciated too well his personal importance. His position placed too great a social distance between him and me not to make me feel the necessity of fashioning my demeanour accordingly. I made with pleasure, and without regret, the easy sacrifice of the style of familiar companionship and other little privileges. He said, in a loud voice, when I entered the salon where he was surrounded by the officers who formed his brilliant staff, "I am glad to see you, at last""Te voila donc, enfin;", but as soon as we were alone he made me understand that he was pleased with my reserve, and thanked me for it. I was immediately placed at the head of his Cabinet. I spoke to him the same evening respecting the insurrection of the Venetian territories, of the dangers which menaced the French, and of those which I had escaped, etc. "Care thou[*] nothing about it," said he; ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 3552
Author: Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de
Release Date: Dec 1, 2002
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Phipps, Ramsay Weston, 1838-1923