No. 44 To the Empress, at Paris
Eylau, February 17, 1807, 3 A.M.
Your letter to hand, informing me of your arrival at Paris. I am very glad to know you are there. My health is good.
The battle of Eylau was very sanguinary, and very hardly contested. Corbineau was slain. He was a very brave man. I had grown very fond of him.
Adieu, dear; it is as warm here as in the month of April; everything is thawing. My health is good.
Napoleon.