The first Napoleon : a sketch, political and military . eNORTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITYBIdg. 400, Richmond Field StationUniversity of CaliforniaRichmond, CA 94804-4698 ALL BOOKS MAY BE RECALLED AFTER 7 DAYS • 2-month loans may be renewed by calling(510)642-6753 • 1-year loans may be recharged by bringingbooks to NRLF • Renev^als and recharges may be made 4days prior to due date. DUE AS STAMPED BELOW 2002 12,000(11/95) LD 21-100OT-12,43 (8796s) 3731^:; \\i\ ^Si5 UNiVERsnY OF CAUFORNIA UBRARY. ^\ IV^^ # >.!>^ ^^^ # .^v^*l, ,V ^^ ^i^- .s^^*- BOSTON AND NEW YORKHOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND C


The first Napoleon : a sketch, political and military . eNORTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITYBIdg. 400, Richmond Field StationUniversity of CaliforniaRichmond, CA 94804-4698 ALL BOOKS MAY BE RECALLED AFTER 7 DAYS • 2-month loans may be renewed by calling(510)642-6753 • 1-year loans may be recharged by bringingbooks to NRLF • Renev^als and recharges may be made 4days prior to due date. DUE AS STAMPED BELOW 2002 12,000(11/95) LD 21-100OT-12,43 (8796s) 3731^:; \\i\ ^Si5 UNiVERsnY OF CAUFORNIA UBRARY. ^\ IV^^ # >.!>^ ^^^ # .^v^*l, ,V ^^ ^i^- .s^^*- BOSTON AND NEW YORKHOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY HlSTCPi/1 Copyright, 1885,Br JOHN CODMAN ROPEa All rigfits reserved, ^ too I / 2 O o *>/SIXTEENTH IMPRESSION T7ie Riverside Press, Camhridge, Mass., U. S. and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company. PKEFACE TO THE TWELFTH EDITION. I READILY embrace the opportunity affordedme by the printing of this edition, to make a fewcorrections in my account of the campaign ofWaterloo. Since the book was first pubhshed,in 1885, I have had occasion to make a carefulstudy of this campaign, the results of which Ihave embodied in a separate work. The changesI have made in this edition, while not numerous,are of some importance. I have (on page 249) stated my present beliefthat Napoleon did, on the afternoon of the 15thof June, order Marshal Ney to seize Quatre Brasthat evening. I have (on pp. 250, 251, 260)shown why the Duke of Wellington delayed or-dering the assembHng of his a


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