History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon, Vol. 9And danger of M. Fouch¿ Napoleon's attitude with regard to the diplomacy of Europe - He is silent with the ambassador of Austria, and explains himself frankly with the ambassadors of the other Powers - His efforts to prevent war but his resolution to wage it terribly if he is forced to take up arms again - His intimacy with M. De Romanzof'f - Call on Russia for cooperation - Vast military preparations - Composition of the armies of Germany and Italy The Princes of the Confederation required to prepare their con tingents - First movement of tr00ps towards the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, and F riuli - Financial means adjusted to military means Effect of Napoleon's manifestations on Europe - Exasperation and uneasiness of the Court of Austria in consequence of the events in Spain - Driven to choose finally between disarming and war, it adopts the latter alternative - Union of Austria with England - Endeavours of the Austrian cabinet to effect peace between the English and the Turks, and to detach Russia from France - Alexander's growing coldness towards Napoleon - Its causes - Alexander very much depre cates a war between France and Austria - Failing in his efforts to prevent it, and not willing yet to abandon the alliance of France, he adopts an ambiguous line of conduct - Great preparations for terminating the war in Finland and recommencing that with Turkey - An army of observation sent into Galicia under pretext of co-operating with France - Austria resolves to begin the war in April - Declaration of M. De Metternich in Paris - War being now certain, Napoleon hastens his preparations - Anticipated departure of all the reinforcements - The army of Germany distributed into three principal bodies~ - Parts assigned to Marshals Davout, Lannes, and Massena - Piince Berthier sets out for Germany with contingent instructions, and Napoleon remains in Paris to complete his prepara tions - Passage of the Inn on the roth of April by the Austrians, and march of the Archduke Charles on the Isar - Passage of the Isar and taking of Landshut - Design of the Archduke Charles to surprise the French before their concentration, by crossing the Danube be tween Ratisbon and Donauwerth - His arrangements for the purpose of overwhelming Marshal Davout at Ratisbon - Sudden and fortunate arrival of Napoleon on the theatre of Operations - Bold plan of con centration - Difficult march of Marshal Davout - He encounters the Austrians between Tengen and Hausen - Battle of Tengen, April 19 - Junction of Marshal Davout's corps (l'amme'e with Napoleon With half that corps, and the Bavarians and vvurtembergers, Napo leon breiks the Archduke Charles' line, extending from Munich to Ratisbon - Battle of Abensberg, April 20 - Napoleon follows up that operation by marching on the Isar, and taking Landshut on the zist - Battle of Eckmuhl, the 22nd - The Archduke retreats into Bohemia - Taking of Ratisbon - Character of the Operations executed by Napoleon during these five days - Their great military and political results.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.