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is arms only after the Capitulation was signed. [64] Serurier, General, 1742-1819. [65] Perignan, General, 1754-1819. [66] Ney, Prince de la Moskowa, Duc d'Elchingen, 1769-1815, "Le Brave des Braves." He swore allegiance to Louis XVIII., but returned to Napoleon in 1815, fought under him at Waterloo, and was shot for treason under the Second Restoration. [67] Duc d'Istria, Bessieres, Commander of the Old Guard. [68] Davoust, Prince d'Eckmuhl. In 1814 the unfortunate city of Hamburg was still suffering under the unrelenting severity of Davoust, who had appointed a commission having the power of condemning to death all persons who used inflammatory speeches to exasperate the soldiers or the inhabitants. [69] Victor, Duc de Belluno, 1764-1841. [70] Lefebre, Duc de Dantzig, 1755-1820. [71] Berthier, Prince de Wagram, 1753-1815, Chief of the Staff. A close friend of Napoleon from 1796 onwards. He escaped to Bamberg in 1815 in hopes of remaining neutral, but was killed there by the emissaries of a secret society. [72] Murat, 1778-1815, King of Naples and husband of Caroline Bonaparte. He had concluded a treaty with Austria against Napoleon in January, 1814. He was shot in Calabria in 1815. [73] Massena, Duc de Rivoli, 1758-1817. "The favoured child of victory." [74] Soult, Duc de Dalmatie, 1769-1861. He decided the victory of Austerlitz. [75] Edridge, portrait painter, 1769-1821. [76] Duke de Berri, second son of the Comte d'Artois, afterwards Charles X., 1778-1820. He married Caroline of Naples, and was the father of the Comte de Chambord. He was assassinated by Louvel on the steps of the Opera House at Paris in 1820. [77] General Du Pont, 1759-1838. [78] Eldest son of Edward Stanley, b. 1811. [79] Soissons had been taken in February by the Russians under Winzengerode. [80] E. D. Davenport, Esq., of Capesthorne, Cheshire, 1778-1847. [81] May, 1813. [82] October, 1813. [83] Subsequent accounts which I heard proved that this second account was nearer the truth than the first (E. Stanley). [84] Queen Louise, _nee_ Princess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. [85] Grand Duke Constantine, brother of Czar Alexander, 1779-1831. [86] Lady Catherine North, sister of Lady Sheffield, married 1786, Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie. [87] Hon. F. North, fifth Earl of Guilford. [88] Marshal Macdonald, 1765-1840. [89] General Maison, 1771-1840, one of the most faithful of Napoleon's gener
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