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Updated: June 1, 2025
Proud of his diplomatic successes at Berlin, and convinced that his visit to the King of Prussia had alone decided him to attach himself to the coalition, he nursed a military ambition, assiduously encouraged by his young favorites. The Emperor Francis sent Stadion and Giulay to Bruenn, commissioned to treat for conditions of peace. Napoleon referred them to Talleyrand, whom he had sent to Vienna.
"Your visit has succeeded sufficiently well for you to have no right to bear me any grudge," replied the Emperor Francis. The two monarchs embraced, and the armistice was concluded. The Russians were to retire by stages, and the seat of negotiations was fixed at Bruenn. A formal order from Napoleon was necessary in order to stop the march of Marshal Davout in pursuit of the Russian army.
Accordingly, the next day eight of the officers started on horseback, under an escort. When they reached Bruenn they found that they were to be separated, and the next morning Captain Hindeman and Fergus were taken to the fortress of Spielberg. "An awkward place either to get in or out of, Drummond," the captain said, as they approached the fortress. "Very much so," Fergus agreed.
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