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Title: A life of Napoleon Boneparte:
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814
Publisher: New York, McClure, Phillips & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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had promised Talma, a parterre full of kings. Therewas a hare hunt on the battle-field of Jena, to which evenPrince William of Prussia was invited, and where the partybreakfasted on the spot where Napoleon had bivouacked in1806, the night before the battle. There were balls whereAlexander danced, but not I, wrote the emperor to Jo-sephine; forty years are forty years. Goethe and Wie-land were both presented to Napoleon at Erfurt, and theemperor had long conversations with them. In spite of these gayeties Napoleon and Alexander foundtime to renew their Tilsit agreement. They were to makewar and peace together. Alexander was to uphold Napo-leon in giving Joseph the throne of Spain, and to keepthe continent tranquil during the Peninsular war. Napo-leon was to support Alexander in getting possession of Fin-land, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The two emperors were towrite and sign a letter inviting England to join them in peacenegotiations. This was done promptly; but when England insisted that
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MARSHAL LEFEBVRE. ABOUT 1796. Engraved in 1798 by Fiesinger, after Mengelberg 204 DISASTER IN SPAIN 205 representatives of the government which was acting inSpain in the name of Ferdinand VII. should be admitted tothe proposed meeting, the peace negotiations abruptly ended.Under the circumstances Napoleon could not recognize thatgovernment. The emperor was ready to conduct the Spanish war. Hisfirst move was to send into the country a large body of vet-erans from Germany. Before this time the army had beenmade up of young recruits upon whom the Spanish lookedwith contempt. The men, inexperienced and demoralizedby the kind of guerrilla warfare which was waged againstthem, had become discouraged. The worst feature of theircase was that they did not believe in the war. That bravestory-teller Marbot relates frankly how he felt: As a soldier I was bound to fight any one who attacked the Frencharmy, but I could not help recognizing in my inmost conscience thatour cause was a bad one, and tha

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