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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
6 L.S. "Nap" or "NP", October 24-November 11, 1812, to Archchancellor CAMBACÉRÈS| the letters are written by Méneval, Fain (1) or Mounier (1)| 3 1/2 and 3 half pages in-4. [676-681]
Retreat from Russia, and attempted coup d'état by general Malet.
Borowsk October 24. "My Cousin, you will see by the last bulletin that affairs are going here according to my wishes. The evacuation is in accordance with my plans. We have very fine weather here, even hot| the people of the country find it extraordinary. We are taking advantage of it to go to our winter quarters| because it is likely that in two weeks the weather will be rigorous"...
Viazma November 1st. "You will have seen from the Bulletins that I have judged it appropriate to move 100 leagues closer. The winter is too long and too harsh to stay at such great distances| my communications will be easier and I will not be obliged to use too many ponds to keep them. Besides, we have a superb weather, 3 degrees of cold, which dries the roads and the most beautiful sun possible "...
Semlevo November 3. "We have here a very beautiful weather, two or three degrees of cold & a sun without clouds. It is a great happiness in these circumstances, which favors well our operations"...
Michalowska [Mikhailovka] November 6. "As I have a cipher with the Minister of Police [Savary], I let him know my intentions in three letters in cipher which he will show you. The minister has the rage to place in the cohorts bad reformed officers, even under the Directory & under the Committee of Public Safety. What he sends to the army is pitiful. He has thus disorganized my cohorts and organized the loss of everything. It is time that he changed his mind and put the command of my cohorts in safe hands"...
Michalovka [Mikhailovka] November 7. Conspiracy of general Malet.
"My Cousin, I saw with pleasure your conduct on the 23rd. I approved of your manner of communicating with the Empress. Show my satisfaction to Réal and others with whom you were pleased. Make them known to me"...
Smolensk November 11. "My Cousin, you will receive two decrees that I have just made concerning the Regiment of the Paris Guard, and the 10th Cohort of the National Guard [which had participated in the attempt of
Malet]. It will undoubtedly be the Duke of Conegliano [Moncey] or the Marshal
Sérurier who will deliver the speech at the Invalides. You will take care that this speech is in the right spirit, that it inculcates that the Emperor does not die| that the Senate does not have the right to change the fundamental laws of the State, and that the Oath is not given to a single individual &c. - The
Minister of War will have the soldiers leave under good escort.
All the officers are dismissed and my intention is that they never be re-employed. General Lamotte is dismissed| and if he is not guilty of anything, my intention is that he be sent 100 leagues from Paris. I do not see Gal Desnoyers in all this. As for Count Frochot, I suppose that on the rumors that have been circulating, he will write to you or to me| I am waiting for this letter to fix my opinion on his account. Make sure that the ceremony at the Invalides is religious and solemn. I can only recommend to you again that you purge Paris of a bunch of people who were involved in the first conspiracies, either in Mallet's or in Servan's. I have already made it known to you that I wanted all this to be printed. I know very well that this can have disadvantages for the moment| but it is more advantageous for the future. Recommend to the Grand Master of the University [Fontanes] to have the principle that the Emperor does not die insinuated into the schools, according to the old adage of the monarchy, 'the King is dead, long live the King'...
6 L.S. "Nap" or "NP", October 24-November 11, 1812, to Archchancellor CAMBACÉRÈS| the letters are written by Méneval, Fain (1) or Mounier (1)| 3 1/2 and 3 half pages in-4. [676-681]
Retreat from Russia, and attempted coup d'état by general Malet.
Borowsk October 24. "My Cousin, you will see by the last bulletin that affairs are going here according to my wishes. The evacuation is in accordance with my plans. We have very fine weather here, even hot| the people of the country find it extraordinary. We are taking advantage of it to go to our winter quarters| because it is likely that in two weeks the weather will be rigorous"...
Viazma November 1st. "You will have seen from the Bulletins that I have judged it appropriate to move 100 leagues closer. The winter is too long and too harsh to stay at such great distances| my communications will be easier and I will not be obliged to use too many ponds to keep them. Besides, we have a superb weather, 3 degrees of cold, which dries the roads and the most beautiful sun possible "...
Semlevo November 3. "We have here a very beautiful weather, two or three degrees of cold & a sun without clouds. It is a great happiness in these circumstances, which favors well our operations"...
Michalowska [Mikhailovka] November 6. "As I have a cipher with the Minister of Police [Savary], I let him know my intentions in three letters in cipher which he will show you. The minister has the rage to place in the cohorts bad reformed officers, even under the Directory & under the Committee of Public Safety. What he sends to the army is pitiful. He has thus disorganized my cohorts and organized the loss of everything. It is time that he changed his mind and put the command of my cohorts in safe hands"...
Michalovka [Mikhailovka] November 7. Conspiracy of general Malet.
"My Cousin, I saw with pleasure your conduct on the 23rd. I approved of your manner of communicating with the Empress. Show my satisfaction to Réal and others with whom you were pleased. Make them known to me"...
Smolensk November 11. "My Cousin, you will receive two decrees that I have just made concerning the Regiment of the Paris Guard, and the 10th Cohort of the National Guard [which had participated in the attempt of
Malet]. It will undoubtedly be the Duke of Conegliano [Moncey] or the Marshal
Sérurier who will deliver the speech at the Invalides. You will take care that this speech is in the right spirit, that it inculcates that the Emperor does not die| that the Senate does not have the right to change the fundamental laws of the State, and that the Oath is not given to a single individual &c. - The
Minister of War will have the soldiers leave under good escort.
All the officers are dismissed and my intention is that they never be re-employed. General Lamotte is dismissed| and if he is not guilty of anything, my intention is that he be sent 100 leagues from Paris. I do not see Gal Desnoyers in all this. As for Count Frochot, I suppose that on the rumors that have been circulating, he will write to you or to me| I am waiting for this letter to fix my opinion on his account. Make sure that the ceremony at the Invalides is religious and solemn. I can only recommend to you again that you purge Paris of a bunch of people who were involved in the first conspiracies, either in Mallet's or in Servan's. I have already made it known to you that I wanted all this to be printed. I know very well that this can have disadvantages for the moment| but it is more advantageous for the future. Recommend to the Grand Master of the University [Fontanes] to have the principle that the Emperor does not die insinuated into the schools, according to the old adage of the monarchy, 'the King is dead, long live the King'...