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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