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The armistice, such as it was, between Joachim and Kutusoff, was broken through so soon as the latter had sufficiently disciplined the new recruits who had crowded to his standard from every region of the empire. Murat then received considerable reinforcements from Moscow, together with Napoleon's commands to gain possession, if possible, of one of the roads leading to Kalouga.
All his courtiers say that he will conquer Italy in Germany, and determine at Vienna the fate of London. Of all our admirals, however, we have not one to compare with your Nelson, your Hood, your St. Vincent, and your Cornwallis. By the appointment of Murat as grand admiral, Bonaparte seems to indicate that he is inclined to imitate the example of Louis.
He was in the middle of supper when a servant told him that a stranger was asking to speak to him he went out, and found Murat wrapped in a military greatcoat, a sailor's cap drawn down on his head, his beard grown long, and wearing a soldier's trousers, boots, and gaiters. The general stood still in amazement; Murat fixed his great dark eyes on him, and then, folding his arms:
I have not shut my eyes, and intended to ask for a place by your side, but I find it is already engaged: "My maid always sleeps with me when my husband is absent," said Madame Murat. "It is very rude of your maid to go to bed with her mistress without first shaving herself," said the Princess, and left the room.
The behaviour of Prussia and Austria was, in truth, more important than the conduct of the retreat. Unless those Powers were kept to their troth, not a Frenchman would cross the Elbe. At Smorgoni, then, on December the 5th, he informed his Marshals that he left them in order to raise 300,000 men; and, intrusting the command to Murat, he hurried away.
The French generals lost touch with the Russian army of sixty thousand men, and according to Thiers it was only eventually found, like a lost pin, by the skill and apparently the genius of Murat. With regard to legal matters, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries the rest of Moscow burned down.
Ten minutes later Murat and his host were waiting on the beach at Bonette for the boat which was to take them out to the ship. They waited until midday, and nothing appeared; and yet on the horizon they could see the brig which was to be his refuge, unable to lie at anchor on account of the depth of water, sailing along the coast at the risk of giving the alarm to the sentinels.
My father had been very active under the reign of Murat, and had held a high post in his government. This made him suspected after Murat's overthrow. "On the day that these Englishmen visited Girgenti, a woman in deep distress came to see them, along with a little boy. It was my mother and Paolo.
As soon as the corps of Murat and Lannes had taken possession of Vienna the Emperor ordered all the divisions of the army to march upon that capital. The capital is on the right bank, and was already in their power.
On the 13th Vendemiaire, when General Bonaparte believed in the excellence of a Directory, it may be remembered that he aided his opinions by forty pieces of artillery, and by Colonel Murat at the head of his dragoons.
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