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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
17 L.S. "Napole", "Napo" or "NP", one with an autograph line, Schönbrunn August 3-30, 1809, to Archchancellor
CAMBACÉRÈS| the letters are written by Méneval| 14 pages and 6 half pages in-4. [531-546, and one unnumbered]
Sejour a Schonbrunn en aout 1809, alors que les Anglais débarquent a Walcheren.
3 letters are annotated by Cambaceres: "to copy entirely".
August 3. "My Cousin, I cannot adopt the project of decree that you send to me relating to the duke of Montebello. I made up for it by the attached letter"... - Our intention is that you proceed immediately, in the presence of our Council of the Seal of Titles, to the constitution of the endowment attached to the title of the Duke of Montebello, which could not be done during the lifetime of the late Marshal. This constitution will be made in the person of the Duke and in that of Louis-Napoléon Lannes, his eldest son, currently living"... August 7. "On the news that the English are attempting a landing in the
North, I send you a decree which you will make use of, if the circumstances require it. I do not see what the purpose of this expedition is. I can fear nothing for Flushing, since I have given the order to the commander to cut the dikes and to drown the island of Valcheren. I cannot fear anything for my squadron, since in case of event, it can go up to
Antwerp which is safe from any attack"...
August 8, 1809, 6 a.m. On the raising of 30 000 national guards.
"I suppose that by receiving my decree, you will have taken care to form them in four or five divisions, and to designate generals of the Senate to command them"... He adds in his hand: "All that will be printed immediately". "On their side, the ministers will give the impulse. It is necessary to have 80,000 men in the first and second lines on the spot, and to impress a movement on the Nation so that it shows itself| first to disgust the English with these expeditions & to make them see the nation always ready to take up arms| then to take back the island of Walcheren, if it were to be taken, & to help Holland to drive them out of her country, if they invaded it| finally to favor the negotiations begun here, & certainly that will harm them, if they believe me embarrassed by the landing of the English. Thus all the means of influencing public opinion must be taken, the national guards of each department must be designated & reunited| and the former soldiers who would like to make this campaign to beat the English must be invited to meet in Lille to form a legion"... August 10. "My Cousin, I am angry that you have made so little use of the powers I gave you in these extraordinary circumstances.
Convene the council of ministers frequently. Do not let the English come to take you to bed. At the first rumor of a raid, you should have raised 30,000, 40,000, 60,000 national guards, authorized the Minister of War to send the Prince of Ponte Corvo [Bernadotte] and Marshal Moncey to assemble & command all the troops.
The attitude that was taken on this occasion is humiliating and shameful and will excite the English to renew similar expeditions. It was necessary that battalions of national guards rise in an instant, in such numbers that the English would see what they had to fear... - My
Cousin, my intention is to transfer to the young Lacour one of my pages the endowment of four thousand francs which the General of division Lacour his father enjoyed"... August 11. "It is deplorable that there are already six great days lost, without you or the ministers having done anything. There should already be 20,000 national guards on the move to defend Antwerp| this kind of troops is made especially for the places. This inactivity on your part and that of the
Council of Ministers is distressing. Nothing is said to the public. How does one let the opinion wander on an event which eminently interests the Nation? An official bulletin should have been printed every day, because imagination always goes beyond reality. Objects of this kind, one does not have the right to hide them from the Public| that touches it too closely"... August 12. "I admire your tranquility, when you believe that there are 40,000 English on our coasts and that you know that General Ste Suzanne, an officer of merit on whom I had relied for the defense of the North, is sick. You should have held a council to know if you should give the command to the King of Holland| this party is the most absurd of all.
The King of Holland will think of covering Amsterdam & will let you take to your bed in Paris. There is really vertigo. Your conduct in this circumstance is causing alarm in France. One believes all the more as one sees less. Eleven days will have been lost when you receive my letters| the English should have been on the point of
17 L.S. "Napole", "Napo" or "NP", one with an autograph line, Schönbrunn August 3-30, 1809, to Archchancellor
CAMBACÉRÈS| the letters are written by Méneval| 14 pages and 6 half pages in-4. [531-546, and one unnumbered]
Sejour a Schonbrunn en aout 1809, alors que les Anglais débarquent a Walcheren.
3 letters are annotated by Cambaceres: "to copy entirely".
August 3. "My Cousin, I cannot adopt the project of decree that you send to me relating to the duke of Montebello. I made up for it by the attached letter"... - Our intention is that you proceed immediately, in the presence of our Council of the Seal of Titles, to the constitution of the endowment attached to the title of the Duke of Montebello, which could not be done during the lifetime of the late Marshal. This constitution will be made in the person of the Duke and in that of Louis-Napoléon Lannes, his eldest son, currently living"... August 7. "On the news that the English are attempting a landing in the
North, I send you a decree which you will make use of, if the circumstances require it. I do not see what the purpose of this expedition is. I can fear nothing for Flushing, since I have given the order to the commander to cut the dikes and to drown the island of Valcheren. I cannot fear anything for my squadron, since in case of event, it can go up to
Antwerp which is safe from any attack"...
August 8, 1809, 6 a.m. On the raising of 30 000 national guards.
"I suppose that by receiving my decree, you will have taken care to form them in four or five divisions, and to designate generals of the Senate to command them"... He adds in his hand: "All that will be printed immediately". "On their side, the ministers will give the impulse. It is necessary to have 80,000 men in the first and second lines on the spot, and to impress a movement on the Nation so that it shows itself| first to disgust the English with these expeditions & to make them see the nation always ready to take up arms| then to take back the island of Walcheren, if it were to be taken, & to help Holland to drive them out of her country, if they invaded it| finally to favor the negotiations begun here, & certainly that will harm them, if they believe me embarrassed by the landing of the English. Thus all the means of influencing public opinion must be taken, the national guards of each department must be designated & reunited| and the former soldiers who would like to make this campaign to beat the English must be invited to meet in Lille to form a legion"... August 10. "My Cousin, I am angry that you have made so little use of the powers I gave you in these extraordinary circumstances.
Convene the council of ministers frequently. Do not let the English come to take you to bed. At the first rumor of a raid, you should have raised 30,000, 40,000, 60,000 national guards, authorized the Minister of War to send the Prince of Ponte Corvo [Bernadotte] and Marshal Moncey to assemble & command all the troops.
The attitude that was taken on this occasion is humiliating and shameful and will excite the English to renew similar expeditions. It was necessary that battalions of national guards rise in an instant, in such numbers that the English would see what they had to fear... - My
Cousin, my intention is to transfer to the young Lacour one of my pages the endowment of four thousand francs which the General of division Lacour his father enjoyed"... August 11. "It is deplorable that there are already six great days lost, without you or the ministers having done anything. There should already be 20,000 national guards on the move to defend Antwerp| this kind of troops is made especially for the places. This inactivity on your part and that of the
Council of Ministers is distressing. Nothing is said to the public. How does one let the opinion wander on an event which eminently interests the Nation? An official bulletin should have been printed every day, because imagination always goes beyond reality. Objects of this kind, one does not have the right to hide them from the Public| that touches it too closely"... August 12. "I admire your tranquility, when you believe that there are 40,000 English on our coasts and that you know that General Ste Suzanne, an officer of merit on whom I had relied for the defense of the North, is sick. You should have held a council to know if you should give the command to the King of Holland| this party is the most absurd of all.
The King of Holland will think of covering Amsterdam & will let you take to your bed in Paris. There is really vertigo. Your conduct in this circumstance is causing alarm in France. One believes all the more as one sees less. Eleven days will have been lost when you receive my letters| the English should have been on the point of