Napoleon and King Murat, a biography compiled from hitherto unknown and unpublished documents; . .* No sooner, however, had ^ Correspondence, 15,018. * Moniteur Universel. ^ Diario di Nicola. * See Correspondeiue, 15,144 and 15,150. These letters conclusively provethat on the 30th April the Emperor was in favour of giving the command of. C. r. IlLS \II G. Balestra, sculpt. EARLY DIFFICULTIES 37 events taken a more favourable turn than the streamof letters began to flow once more. On the 12th Maythe Emperor wrote from Schoenbrunn to announce thefall of Vienna/ and again, on the
Napoleon and King Murat, a biography compiled from hitherto unknown and unpublished documents; . .* No sooner, however, had ^ Correspondence, 15,018. * Moniteur Universel. ^ Diario di Nicola. * See Correspondeiue, 15,144 and 15,150. These letters conclusively provethat on the 30th April the Emperor was in favour of giving the command of. C. r. IlLS \II G. Balestra, sculpt. EARLY DIFFICULTIES 37 events taken a more favourable turn than the streamof letters began to flow once more. On the 12th Maythe Emperor wrote from Schoenbrunn to announce thefall of Vienna/ and again, on the 17th, he sent a letterto Joachim explaining his wishes regarding the specialconference at Rome in which Miollis and Saliceti wereto take At length, on the 28th, after havinginstructed Eugene to inform the King of Naples of hisjunction with the Grand Army, Napoleon himself sentfurther orders to Murat regarding the occupation of theRoman States. To assist his own movements he added, I think, in view of the general situation, it would bewell for you to stay on in Rome, at least for a time, inorder to be near Upper Italy. ^ Murat, who received Eugenes dispatch on the 6thApril, was already in possession of the Emperors seems to have been nothing to liinder him fromsetting out for Rome at once in obedience to his i
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