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Napoleon's second visit to Dresden Battle of Bantzen The Congress at Prague Napoleon ill advised Battle of Vittoria General Moreau Rupture of the conferences at Prague Defection of Jomini Battles of Dresden and Leipsic Account of the death of Duroc An interrupted conversation resumed a year after Particulars respecting Poniatowski His extraordinary courage and death His monument at Leipsic and tomb in the cathedral of Warsaw.
Such names as Bugeaud, Poniatowski, Bataille, and the like, were so many pieces of gibberish which it was hardly possible for a self-respecting English soldier to pronounce, while Boyau, Abri, Feuillée and Puisard were not helpful forms of identification.
He had listened in his youth to the prophecies of Christopher Kotter; he had listened also to the ravings of Christina Poniatowski; and now he fell completely under the influence of the vile impostor, Drabik, who pretended to have a revelation from heaven, and predicted that before very long the House of Austria would be destroyed and the Brethren be enabled to return to their native home.
He made no serious effort to threaten the Russian communications with Moscow, nor did he wait for his artillery to overwhelm the ramparts and their defenders. The corps of Ney, Davoust, and Poniatowski, with Murat's cavalry and the Imperial Guard posted in reserve, promised an easy victory, and the dense columns of foot moved eagerly to the assault. They were received with a terrific fire.
I was doomed to see my excellent friend only once again. Next to the death of Duroc the loss most sincerely regretted during the campaign of 1813 was that of Prince Poniatowski.
Even the inspiration of his presence and the desperate efforts of Murat, Poniatowski, Victor, Macdonald, and thousands of nameless heroes, barely held off the masses of the allied Grand Army. On the north and north-east, Marmont and Ney were equally overborne. Worst of all, the supply of cannon balls was running low.
The French were led by Marshals Davoust, Oudinot, Ney, Murat, King of Naples; the Italians by Prince Eugene; the Poles by Poniatowski; the Austrians by General Schwartzenberg; the Germans and Prussians by St. Cyr, Regnier, Vandamme, Victor, Macdonald, and Augereau.
Murat and Ney were already attacking that city: the former with his cavalry, at the place where the Boristhenes enters its walls; the latter, with his infantry, where it issues from them, and on woody ground intersected by deep ravines. The marshal's left was supported by the river, and his right by Murat, whom Poniatowski, coming direct from Mohilef, arrived to reinforce.
This young man was Stanislas Poniatowski, son of Constance Czartoryski and the celebrated Poniatowski, the friend of Charles III. As luck would have it, a revolution was unnecessary to place him on the throne, for the king died in 1763, and gave place to Prince Poniatowski, who was chosen king on the 6th of September, 1776, under the title of Stanislas Augustus I. He had reigned two years at the time of my visit; and I found Warsaw in a state of gaiety, for a diet was to be held and everyone wished to know how it was that Catherine had given the Poles a native king.
Napoleon's second visit to Dresden Battle of Bantzen The Congress at Prague Napoleon ill advised Battle of Vittoria General Moreau Rupture of the conferences at Prague Defection of Jomini Battles of Dresden and Leipsic Account of the death of Duroc An interrupted conversation resumed a year after Particulars respecting Poniatowski His extraordinary courage and death His monument at Leipsic and tomb in the cathedral of Warsaw.
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