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CHAP. XII. 



Betreat of the French from Wilna. — The Emperor of Russia^ Proclamation. — 

 Capture of Koumo. — Losses of the French at that Period. — D' Torek's Conven- 

 tion. — Koningsberg and other Places taken hy the Riissiant, who cross the Vistula. 

 Situation of Prussia. — The King retires to Breslau, and calls upon his Subjects to 

 arm. The Austrians abandon their Posts on the Narew, and the Russians enter 

 Warsaw. — Pillau surrendered, and Dantzic and Thorn invested. — Austrians con- 

 elude a Truce. — Saxons pursued. — Proposed Mediation of the King of Prussia. — 

 His Treaty of Alliance with the Russian Emperor.— King of Saxony quits BreS' 

 den. — The French evacuate Berlin. — Morand withdraws from Swedish Pomerania. 

 Russiam enter Hamburgh. — Hanseatic Legionformed. — British take possession of 

 Cushaven — Affair of Bremer-lee. — Russians cross the Elbe. — Morand' s Corps 

 destroyed. — Distribution of the Allied Armies. — Thorn surrenders. — France. — 

 Napoleon's Preparations. — Concordat. — Expose. — Napoleon sets out for the Army. 

 — Position of the Different Forces. — Battle ofLutzen. — King of Saxony joins the 

 French. — Frendi cross the Elbe.— Battles of Bautzen and Wurizchen. — Allies re- 

 treat towards the Oder. — An Action of Cavalry. — Breslau entered by Lauriston. — 

 Affairs in the North. — Treaty between Siveden and England. — Hamburgh occu- 

 pied by the Russians, Danes, and Swedes. — Recovered by the French. — Von Hess's 

 Address to the Burgher Gvard. — Napoleon proposes an Armistice.. — Accepted. — 

 Demarkation of Limits. — Napoleon's Decree from the Field of Wtirtzchen. [114 



CHAP. XIII. 



Armistice prolonged. — Congress at Prague. — Hostilities resumed. — Austrian Decla- 

 ration of War against France. — Crown Prince of Sweden at the Head of the 

 Combined Army of the North of Germany. — Advances to Berlin.-^Interview of 

 the Sovereigns at Prague. — Their Plans. — Action between Blucher and the French 

 on the Bober. — French driven back to Dresden. — Attack of' the Allies on that 

 City. Their Retreat to Boliemia. — Defeat of Vandamme. — Blucher's Defeat of 

 Macdonald. — Silesia Freed from the Enemy. — Crown Prince's Advance. — Vic- 

 tory at Juterboch. — Davoust's Retreat from Mecklenburgh. — Actions in Bohemia'. 

 Allies Asssemble round Leipsic. — Cassel Taken and Retaken. — Bremen Recovered. 

 Napoleon quits Dresden. — Alliance between Austria and Bavaria. — Blucher's Vic- 

 tory near Leipzic. — Grand Attack upon Leipzic and its Capture. — Retreat of the 

 French Army. — Action with General Wrede at Hanau. — Napoleon arrives with 

 his Army at Mentz [127 



CHAP. XIV. 



War in the Peninsula.- — Longa's Success at Sedano. — Lord Wellington's Visit to Cadiz 

 and Lisbon. — French Attack at Bejar repulsed. — Position of their Armies. — Sir 

 J. Murray's Advance to Castella. — Attack of Sachet Repulsed.— Castro taken. — 

 Lord Wellington begins his March, — Advance to Burgos, and thence to Vittoria. — 

 Battle of Vitloria. — Castro Recovered.— Pamplona invested, and Tolosa taken. — 

 Clausel pursued to Saragossa. — Sir J. Murray's Investment if Tarragona, and 

 precipitate Retreat.—-French Driven from the Valley of Bastan.—Mina's pursuit 



