;
declared emperor, 33, 34;
plots against his life, 33, 34;
coronations, 35, 37, 38;
Ulm and Austerlitz, 42, 64;
Jena and Auerstaedt, 47, 55, 64;
Eylau, 51, 56;
Friedland, 52, 122, 401;
meets Alexander, 52;
"continental system," 53, 55-58, 78-80, 83, 87, 105, 171, 403;
manifesto, 57;
at Erfurt, 59;
Eckmuehl and Wagram, 60, 63;
Borodino, 63, 124;
Leipzig, 63, 114, 118, 133, 137, 138;
marriage with Maria Louisa, 78;
fiscal policy, 79;
first abdication, 82, 118, 145;
in Spain, 92, 94;
war with Russia, 121-126, 402;
campaign of 1813, 132-138;
Luetzen and Bautzen, 135;
Dresden, 137;
campaign of 1814, 143-145;
La Rothiere, 144;
Arcis-sur-Aube, 145;
treaty of Fontainebleau, 145, 146;
Elba, 145, 146, 153, 201;
"The Hundred Days," 151, 153-165;
Ligny, 158, 159;
Quatre Bras, 159;
Waterloo, 160-165;
second abdication, 165;
St. Helena, 166, 167, 169, 170, 402;
designs on India, 401-403.
Bond, Nathaniel, M.P., 36.
Bonnymuir, 193.
Bordeaux, 118, 154;
road to, 117.
Bordeaux, Henry, Duke of. See Chambord, Count of.
Borisov, battle, 125.
Borodino, battle, 63, 124, 164.
Bosphorus, the, 267, 394.
Boston (United States), 142.
Botany Bay, 438.
Boulogne, 8, 35, 38.
Boulton, Matthew, 435.
Bourbon, island, 69, 403.
Bourbon, Duke of, 154.
Bourne, W. Sturges, 341;
home secretary, 227;
first commissioner of woods and forests, 228, 229.
Braga, 258.
Bragge, Charles (afterwards Bragge-Bathurst), 28, 68, 202;
chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 81, 82, 174;
president of the board of control, 199.
Brahmaputra, the, 408, 409.
Braine l'Alleud, Belgian village, 162.
Brand, M.P., 284.
Brazil, 89, 190, 211, 221, 222, 253, 254, 259, 388;
commercial treaty with England, 222.
Brereton, Colonel, 298.
Breslau, 134, 135.
Brest, 39, 55.
Brewster's _Encyclopaedia_, 424.
_Bridgwater Treatises_, the, 338.
Brienne, 143.
Brighton, 350.
Brindley, James, 434.
Bristol, 175, 297, 298, 302, 309, 435.
British Association, the, 338.
Brittany, 154.
Brock, Major-general, 129, 130.
Broke, Captain, 142.
Brooks's club. See London.
Brougham, Henry (afterwards Lord Brougham and Vaux), 48, 172, 173, 182,
193-196, 207, 228, 234, 241, 242, 274, 277, 278, 280, 357-359, 363,
423, 431;
lord chancellor, 281, 282, 287, 295, 325, 338, 343, 345, 346, 348, 351;
legal reforms, 332, 333,
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