No. 1 To the Empress Josephine, at Navarre
Paris, January 8th, 1811.
I have your New Year’s letter. I thank you for its contents. I note with pleasure that you are well and happy. I hear that there are more women than men at Navarre.
My health is excellent, though I have not been out for a fortnight. Eugène appears to have no fears about his wife; he gives you a grandson.
Adieu, dear; keep well.
Napoleon.
February 19th.—Soult defeats Spaniards at the Gébora, near Badajoz.
February 28th.—French occupy Duchy of Oldenburg, to complete the line of the North Sea blockade against England. This occupation embitters the Emperor of Russia and his family.
March 10th.—Mortier captures Badajoz after a siege of 54 days.
March 20th.—Birth of the King of Rome—“a pompous title buried in the tomb of the Ostrogoths.”