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  Provera, Austrian general, 106, 115, 120

  Quasdanovitch, Austrian general, 93, 116, 193

  Quenza, Corsican colonel, 14, 15

  Radetsky, Count J. J. W., Austrian general, 666

  Raevski, N., Russian general, 785, 789-801, 804, 821

  Rampon, A. G., French general, 64

  Rapp, Count Jean, French general and imperial aide-de-camp, 369, 430, 669, 736, 828, 869, 1017, 1094

  Rebecque, Constant de, Belgian general, 1031, 1032

  Redding, Spanish general, 617, 626

  Reille, Count H. C. M. J., French general, 1027, 1029, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1064, 1085

  Repnine, Prince, Russian diplomat, 431

  Rey, Baron G. V., French general, 114, 118, 120

  Reynard, Abbé, French Oriental traveler, 209

  Reynier, Count J. L. E., French general, 235, 236, 241, 722, 780, 851, 870

  Ricard, Baron (later Count) E. P. S., French general, 972

  Richmond, Duke and Duchess of, 1031, 1032

  Ritter French Député-en-Mission, 41

  Robespierre, Augustin, French Député-en-Mission, 3, 4, 30, 32

  Robespierre, Maximilien, “the Dictator,” French statesman, 4, 34, 319

  Roeder, Hessian captain, 766, 780, 781, 824, 842

  Roger-Ducos, member of the French Directory, 254, 260, 262

  Roguet, Count F., French general, 775, 828

  Romana, Marquis P. C. la, Spanish general, 611, 625, 626, 646, 652

  Rome, J. F., French general, 1042

  Rome, the King of, “l’ Aiglon” Napoleon (later Duke of Reichstadt): birth, 746; Napoleon’s pride in, 799; plans for his safety, 971; evacuated from Paris, 1000; Napoleon’s efforts to ensure succession for, 1001, 1002, 1095

  Rosenburg, Prince, Austrian general, 723

  Rostopchin, Count, Russian civil governor of Moscow, 815

  Roustam, Napoleon’s Mameluke servant and bodyguard, 244, 370

  Rüchel, Prussian general, 456, 459, 473, 479, 486

  Ruffin, Count F. A., French general, 641

  Sacken, Russian general, 542, 851, 959, 971, 972, 973, 987

  St. Cyr, Carra, Count C, French general, 724, 869, 870

  St. Cyr, Gouvion, Count L., French marshal, 385; biographical sketch, see Appendix; early career, 385, 405, 433; command in Spain, 644; during campaign of 1812, 780; at battle of Polstok, 780; created a marshal, 780; during campaign of 1813, 903, 914, 939; defence of Dresden, 904, 907; picture, 730

  St. Hilaire, Count L. V. J. le B., French general, 416, 421, 424, 425, 427, 542, 554, 669, 678, 682, 694

  St. Priest, Allied general, 992

  St. Sulpice, Count R. G. de B., French cavalry general, 688, 690, 691, 702, 817

  St. Vincent, Lord, English admiral, 44

  Salamon, M., Berthier’s assistant, 373

  Saliceti, Christopher, Corsican Député-en-Mission, 4, 17, 21, 22, 23, 25, 30, 34, 76, 85, 100

  San Juan, Benito, Spanish general, 640

  Sauret, Baron P. F. de la B., French general, 93

  Savants, les, civilian commission of scholars in Egypt, 212, 220, 228, 229

  Savary, A. J. M. R., French general, Duke of Rovigo, imperial aide-de-camp, Minister of Police, 369, 410, 422, 448, 551, 568, 569, 579, 586, 614, 640, 682, 747

  Saxe, Maréchal de, French general, 139, 159

  Saxony, Elector and King of, 888

  Scharnhorst, Prussian general, 367, 455, 501, 872

  Schérer, B. L. J., French Revolutionary general, 38, 40, 41, 42, 54, 256

  Schlieffen, Graf von, Prussian military philosopher and general, 134, 682

  Schmettau, von, Prussian general, 455, 490

  Schramm, Baron J. P., French general, 563

  Schwarzenberg, Prince Karl P., Austrian general, 755, 947; during Russian campaign of 1812, 755, 767, 829, 832; joins Reynier, 780; signs convention with Russians, 851; leads Austrian forces against France (1813), 900; during campaign of 1813, 904, 913; caution and slowness of, 937, 951, 977, 981, 982; at battle of Dresden, 908; further operations, 914, 915, 917, 918, 922, 937, 939; at battle of Leipzig, 924; during campaign of 1814, 947, 951, 960, 964, 965, 966, 974, 977, 980, 981, 984, 994, 996; overruled by the Tsar, 983, 999; at the battle of Arcis, 997-98; march on Paris, 999; mentioned, 913, 1015, 1094

  Sébastiani, de la Porta H. F. B., French general and diplomat, 320, 328, 808, 819, 829, 938, 996, 998

  Ségur, Count, French general, imperial aide-de-camp, 10, 400, 499, 641

  Selim, Sultan of Turkey, 527

  Senarmont, Baron A. A. H. de, French brigadier-general of artillery, 363, 597

  Sérurier, Count J. M. P., French marshal, 38; biographical sketch, see Appendix; during campaign of 1796-1797, 64, 71, 74, 75, 78, 80, 87, 92; aristocratic background, 54, 55; at battle of Mondovi, 74; at siege of Mantua, 89, 193; taken ill, 95; resumes command of siege of Mantua, 114; role during Brumaire, 260; created a marshal, 311; mentioned, 54, 92; picture, 434

  Siévès, Abbé, French Provisional Consul and statesman, 254, 259, 260, 262

  Smith, Sir William Sidney, English admiral, 27-28, 234, 237, 238, 242, 246, 599

  Somerset, Lord Edward, English cavalry general, 1078

  Souham, Count J., French general, 882, 926, 930

  Soult, Nicolas, J. de Dieu, Duke of Dalmatia, French marshal, 271; biographical sketch, see Appendix; character, 549, 658; commands part of Army of Liguria, 271; defends Genoa under Massena, 271; wounded and taken captive, 285; made a marshal, 311; during campaign of 1805, 394, 395, 397, 398, 410, 411; captures Memmingen, 395; at battle of Austerlitz, 416, 421, 425, 427, 428, 431; during campaign of 1806, 462, 467, 472; summoned to Jena, 475, 477; at battle of Jena, 481, 485; during pursuit, 498, 499; during Polish campaign of 1806-1807, 514, 526, 530, 533-34, 535, 536, 566, 568; reaches Eylau, 536; during battle of Eylau, 537, 540, 541, 542; advances on Königsberg, 570, 572; during campaign of 1808, 634, 644, 648; takes Burgos, 635; pursues Moore, 652, 653, 655; at battle of Corunna, 656-58; command in Spain, 747, 945; at battle of Bautzen, 894, 896; at battle of Toulouse (1814), 1002; appointed chief-of-staff (1815), 1021; muddles, 1026, 1040, 1050, 1091; advises recall of Grouchy to Waterloo, 1007, 1067; rallies army, 1094; mentioned, 422, 549, 569, 653, 1018, 1056, 1068, 1076; picture, 434

  Stadion, Count, Austrian diplomat, 663, 664

  Stapps, German student and would-be assassin, 736

  Stein, H. F. C, Baron, Prussian statesman and patriot, 870

  Steinheil, Russian general, 816

  Stengel, Baron H. C. M., French cavalry general, 71, 74

  Stuart, Sir John, English general, 43

  Subervie, Baron, J. G., French general, 1076

  Suchet, L.-G., Duke of Albu-fera, French marshal, 271; biographical sketch, see Appendix; during campaign of 1800, 271; retreats on the River Var, 271; during campaign of 1805, 416; at battle of Austerlitz, 427; during campaign of 1808, 634; during campaign of 1813, 945; role in 1815, 1017, 1022; picture, 730

  Suliman, Turkish Sultan, 210, 230

  Sulkowski, J., Polish captain, Napoleon’s aide-de-camp, 99, 230

  Suvorov, A. V., Russian general, 256, 752

  Talleyrand, Prince, ex-Bishop of Autun, French Foreign Minister and statesman, 211, 234, 259, 263, 321, 331, 438, 443, 449, 590, 595, 624, 654, 747, 950, 1001

  Tauenzien, Prussian general, 469, 479, 480, 483

  Teil, Baron J. P., du, French artillery general, 10, 13, 31, 138

  Teil, Chevalier J. du T. de Beaumont, French soldier and author, 11, 24

  Thielmann, F. von, Prussian general, 1017, 1038

  Thurreau, de Carambouville, Baron L. N. de L., French general, 276

  Tippoo Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, 211

  Tolly, Barclay de, Russian general and Minister of War, 519; character, 750, 752; during campaign of 1812, 764, 765, 770, 779, 782, 805; disagreements with Bagration, 752; rebuilds Russian army, 749; at battle of Smolensk, 785; accused of cowardice, 786-87; replaced by Kutusov, 793; during campaigns of 1813-1814, 888, 891, 960;
reinstated, 897; at Leipzig, 925, 933; mentioned, 856, 859, 914, 1015

  Tolstoi, Russian general, see Ostermann-Tolstoi

  Tormassov, A. P., Russian general, 752, 765, 780, 816, 829

  Tott, Baron de, French traveler, 209

  Tshitsagov, Russian admiral, 816, 824, 832, 836, 837, 842

  Tunis, Bey of, 230

  Turenne, French marshal, 138, 385

  Tutchkov, Russian general, 541

  Uvarov, Russian cavalry general, 804

  Uxbridge, Lord, English general, 1017, 1028, 1061, 1065, 1078, 1081

  Vandamme, Count D. J. R. d’U., French general, 416, 421, 424, 425, 427, 680, 681, 683, 903, 906, 908, 911, 912, 1020, 1026, 1040, 1044 1069

  Vandeleur, Sir, English cavalry general, 1087, 1089

  Vauban, French marshal and fortification expert, 70

  Vaubois, Count C. H., French general, 96, 100, 101, 106, 114, 216

  Vedel, Count D. H. A. M., French general, Dupont’s chief-of-staff, 616, 617, 618

  Vendôme, French marshal, 1053

  Verdier, Count J. A., French general, 198, 582, 614

  Vergennes, French Minister of War under l’Ancien Régime, 210

  Vial, Baron H., French general, 108, 120

  Victor, C. V. Perrin dit., Duke of Belluno, French marshal, 278; biographical sketch, see Appendix; in Italy, 278; during campaign of 1800, 278, 290, 291, 294; made a marshal, 730; during campaign of 1806-1807, 565, 567; at battle of Friedland, 577, 578; during campaign of 1808, 620, 632, 633, 653; defeats Blake at Espinosa, 634; during campaign of 1812, 755, 780, 801; at the Beresina, 836, 843, 844, 845; during campaign of 1815, 870, 906, 927; at Dresden, 910; at battle of Leipzig, 927, 928; at battle of Hanau, 938; during campaign of 1814, 949, 950, 959, 974, 977, 979, 984; at La Rothière, 961; dismissed, 979; mentioned, 984; picture, 730

  Victor-Amadeus, King of Savoy, 38, 61, 63, 255

  Villemanzy, French intendantgeneral, 472

  Villeneuve, P. C. J. B. S., French admiral, 323, 325, 402

  Vives, Spanish captain-general of Palma, 625

  Vivian, Sir H., English cavalry general, 1088, 1089

  Voronzov, Russian count, 987

  Walewska, Marie, Polish countess, 526, 744

  Wallis, Austrian general, 34, 38

  Walther, Count F. H., Baron, French general, 728

  Wartensleben, Prussian general, 490

  Wellesley, Sir Arthur, Duke of Wellington, 43; character of, 1032, 1039; in India, 43; in Portugal, 619; wins battle of Vimiero, 619; court of enquiry, 620; returns to Spain, 660; during the Peninsular War, 747, 852, 901, 945, 949, 991; at battle of Toulouse, 1002; Napoleon’s opinion of, 1007; at Allied conference at Tirlemont, 1015; during campaign of 1815, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1031, 1066; unpreparedness of, 1020, 1027; miscalculates Napoleon’s intention, 1028; at the Brussels Ball, 1032; orders concentration at Quatre Bras, 1033; conference with Blücher, 1039; estimate of Prussian chances at Ligny, 1039-40; at battle of Quatre Bras, 1050, 1052, 1056; orders retreat to Mont-St.-Jean, 1060; evades Napoleon’s pursuit, 1061; selects position, 1065; disposition of troops, 1065, 1073; at battle of Waterloo, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1084, 1086, 1088; pursuit of French, 1090; mentioned, 147, 350, 364, 1031, 1032, 1034, 1047, 1049, 1058, 1059, 1067, 1068, 1080, 1092, 1094; ill., 1019

  Werneck, Austrian general, 399

  Weyrother, Austrian general and chief-of-staff, 416, 437

  Wilson, Sir Robert, English general, 823, 834

  Wimpfen, Allied general, 711

  Winkel, Saxon colonel, 486

  Wins, de, Austrian general, 38

  Winzingerode, Russian general and diplomat, 408, 873, 985, 989, 999

  Wittgenstein, Ludwigsberg, L. A. P. von S., Russian general, 815, 824, 841, 873, 874, 880, 882, 886, 888, 897, 904, 910, 922, 925, 978

  Wratislaw, Austrian statesman, 330

  Wrede, Bavarian general, 717, 720, 728, 847, 937, 938, 948, 960, 965, 978, 994

  Wukassovitch, Russian general, 62, 73, 80, 116

  Würsmer, Count, Austrian general, 92, 94, 97, 128, 193; picture, 72

  Württemberg, Elector of, 391, 450, 498, 931, 978; see also Eugen

  Yorck, H. D. L., Prussian general, 851, 870, 873, 886, 891, 931, 967, 971, 989

  York, Frederick, Duke of, English commander-in-chief, 42, 44, 256

  Zach, Austrian general, 290, 291, 295, 296

  Ziethen, Graf von, Prussian general, 1017, 1018, 1026, 1027, 1029, 1038, 1087, 1089, 1093

  INDEX B: MILITARY FORMATIONS AND TREATIES

  Ancien Régime, 66, 331

  Armies: French; of the Alps, 62, 77; d’Angleterre, 209, 215, 265, 321, 325; of the Bobr, 905; of Egypt, 205, 234, 303; Féderé, 66; Grande Armée, see Part Six, second half, passim, and general description, 332-78; of 1805, see Appendix, and 325, 333, 402, 438; of 1806, 463, 465, 471, 473, 481, 499; of 1807, 509, 510, 511, 514, 516, 517, 548, 559, 560, 561, 590, 669; of 1808, see Appendix, and 622, 630, 638, 654; of 1809, see Appendix, and 669, 670, 680, 722, 734; of Russia, see Appendix, and 754, 756, 758, 766, 874, 879, 881, 889, 937, 945, 946, 949, 950; of 1815, see Armée du Nord; of Italy, 62, 264-65, 290; of Liguria, 265, 271; of the Main, 874, 879; du Nord, 1018, 1020, 1023, 1026, 1030, 1034, 1047, 1056, 1089, 1091, 1094; of Observation (German), 559; Gironde, 597; of the Orient, see Army of Egypt; of the Reserve, 265, 269, 277, 288, 290, 298; Revolutionary, 66-70; of the Rhine, 669;

  Other armies: Austrian, 45, 620, 664, 666; of Bohemia, 901, 912, 914, 923, 930, 951, 954, 978, 981, 985, 994, 999; of Damascus (Turkish), 234, 238, 239, 241; English, 42, 43, 627, 1017, 1093; of Estremadura (Spanish), 634; of Granada (Spanish), 627; of Naples, 46; of the North (Swedish), 900, 914, 922, 948; Peninsula, see English; of Poland, 901, 916, 917; Prussian, 46, 454, 455, 457, 870, 872, 873; Spanish (Royal), 46, 612, 626; of Rhodes (Turkish), 234, 241, 243; of the Papal States, 46; of Piedmont, 46; Russian, 46, 519, 764, 765, 771, 774, 777, 780, 782, 783, 796, 1015; of Silesia (Prussian), 900, 918, 922, 949, 951, 967, 976, 988, 989, 990

  Armistices, 75, 296, 407, 408, 502, 583, 890, 980

  Artillery: Napoleon’s opinions about, 25, 179, 340, 356, 362-63, 670; of Ancien Régime, 138; Girbeauval’s reply, 138 fn; of Revolutionary period: foot, 69; horse, 69; volante, 70; limitations, 69; Consular reforms, 332, 356, 357; “System of Year XIII,” 360; under the Empire, 332, 360-63; foot, 356; horse, 357; volante, 357; regimental artillery, 670; types of weapon and ranges, 358-59; types of shot, 362; types of fire, 362; numbers of guns (1796), 69; (1805), 357; (1812), 757; organisation, 138fn, 868; roles, 362, 363; at Marengo, 294-96; at Austerlitz, 416, 432; at Jena, 486, 488; at Friedland, 579; at Wagram, 725, 727; at Borodino, 799; at Leipzig, 924; at Waterloo, 1065-66, 1073; illustrations, 358-59, 361; see also Drouot, Marmont, Sénarmont, Tactics

  Art of War, Napoleonic, see Part Three passim; Napoleon’s view of, 137, 141; the “ingredients,” 144-61; economy of force, 144; offensive action, 145; centers of operations, 145; alternative plans, 145; chance, 146; field security, 146; place de campagne, 147; speed, 148; time and distance, 149; assembly and concentration, 151; morale, 155, see also Leadership; unity of command, 157; see also Grand Strategy, Grand Tactics, Strategy, Tactics, Supply

  Atrocities, French, 14, 27, 86, 223, 230, 236, 406, 615, 616, 635, 766

  Aulic Council, the, 64, 382, 664, 666, 676

  Aux Champs, 323

  Battles, Napoleonic period:

  Arcis-sur-Aube, 994; strengths, 997; plans, 996; events, 996-98; casualties, 998; mentioned, 180

  Arcola, 103; strengths, 106; plans, 105; events, 106-12; casualties, 112; mentioned, 174, 175, 181

  Aspern-Essling, 694; strengths, 702; plans, 697, 700; events, 700-707; casualties, 706; mentioned, 183, 189, 342, 480, 509, 752

  Austerlitz, 413; strengths, 410; plans, 414, 420; events, 424-33; casualties, 432; mentioned, 183, 189, 342, 480, 509, 752

  Auerstadt, 488; strengths, 489; plans, 489; events, 489-96; casualties, 495; mentioned, 342

  Bassano, 98

  Bautzen, 890; strengths,
890; plans, 891; events, 893-97; casualties, 897; mentioned, 181, 903, 914

  Beresina, the, 835; strengths, 841-42; plans, 836; events, 840-46; casualties, 846

  Borghetto, 86, 175

  Borodino, 794; strengths, 796, 799; plans, 797-98; events, 794-807; casualties, 806-807; mentioned, 180, 183, 818, 823, 857, 937, 959

  Brienne, 958; strengths, 958; plans, 958; events, 959-60; casualties, 959

  Buenos Ayres, 597

  Caldiero, 93, 404, 405

  Castiglione, 94, 191; strengths, 193; plans, 194-96; events, 196-200; casualties, 199; mentioned, 181

  Ceva, 71, 73, 74

  Champaubert, 969

  Chateau Thierry, 974

  Colditz, 888

  Corunna, 655; strengths, 655; plans, 655, events, 656-57; casualties, 656

  Craonne, 987, 988

  Dego (1st and 2d), 35, 71, 73, 76, 175

  Dennewitz, 914, 915

  Dresden, 903; strengths, 906; plans, 906-7; events, 907-10; casualties, 910; mentioned, 866

  Durrenstein, 406

  Ebersberg, 695

  Eckmühl, 690, 691

  Elchingen, 399

  Eylau, 535; strengths, 536; plans, 537-38; events, 537-49; casualties, 549; mentioned, 180, 181, 186, 559

  Fiodoroivskoy, 825

  Fismes, 999

  Fleurus, 1029

  Fombio, Combat of, 80

  Friedland, 572; strengths, 573; plans, 576-77; events, 573-85; casualties, 582; mentioned, 181, 183, 185, 363

  Grössbeeren, 905, 911

  Hanau, 866, 937

  Haslach, Combat of (or Albeck), 398, 406

  Heilsburg, 567-69

  Hohenlinden, 302

  Hollabrunn, 407-8

  Inkovo, 782

  Jena, 475; strengths, 476, 479; plans, 477-79; events, 479-88; casualties, 488; mentioned, 184, 185, 189, 784; see also Auerstadt

 

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