No. 6 To the Empress, at Strasburg
Ebersdorf, May 29, 1809, 7 P.M.
My Dear,—I have been here since yesterday; I am stopped by the river. The bridge has been burnt; I shall cross at midnight. Everything here goes as I wish it, viz., very well.
The Austrians have been overwhelmed (frappès de la foudre).
Adieu, dear.—Yours ever,
Napoleon.