. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. -plete victory for Napoleon. The next day, in an engage-ment with the Russian rear guard. Marshal Duroc, one ofNapoleons warmest and oldest friends, was killed. It wasthe second marshal lost since the campaign began, Bessiereshaving been killed at Liitzen. The French obtained Breslau on June ist, and three dayslater an armistice was signed, lasting until August was hoped that peace might be concluded during thisarmistice. At that moment Austria held the key to thesituation. The allies saw that they were defeated if theycould not persuade her to join the
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. -plete victory for Napoleon. The next day, in an engage-ment with the Russian rear guard. Marshal Duroc, one ofNapoleons warmest and oldest friends, was killed. It wasthe second marshal lost since the campaign began, Bessiereshaving been killed at Liitzen. The French obtained Breslau on June ist, and three dayslater an armistice was signed, lasting until August was hoped that peace might be concluded during thisarmistice. At that moment Austria held the key to thesituation. The allies saw that they were defeated if theycould not persuade her to join them. Napoleon, his oldconfidence restored by a series of victories, hoped to keephis Austrian father-in-law quiet until he had crushed thePrussians and driven the Russians across the Nieman. Aus-tria saw her power, and determined to use it to regain terri-tory lost in 1805 and 1809, and Metternich came to Dresdento see Napoleon. Austria would keep peace with France, hesaid if Napoleon would restore Illyria and the Polish prov- 253. THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT. Engraved by Benedetti, after Daffinger. 254 CAMPAIGN OF 1813—CAMPAIGN OF 1814 255 inces, would send the Pope back to Rome, give up the pro-tectorate of the Confederation of the Rhine, restore Naplesand Spain. Napoleons amazement and indignation wereboundless. How much has England given you for playing this roleagainst me, Metternich? he asked. A semblance of a congress was held at Prague soon after,but it was only a mockery. Such was the exasperation andsuffering of Central Europe, that peace could only be reachedby large sacrifices on Napoleons part. These he refusedto make. There is no doubt but that France and his alliesbegged him to compromise; that his wisest counsellors ad-vised him him to do so. But he repulsed with irritationall such suggestions. You bore me continually about thenecessity of peace, he wrote Savary. I know the situa-tion of my empire better than you do; no one is more in-terested in concluding peace tha
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