No. 13
November 16th.—Jellachich surrenders to Augereau at Feldkirch with 7000 men.
To the Empress, at Strasburg.
Vienna, November 16, 1805.
I am writing to M. d’Harville, so that you can set out and make your way to Baden, thence to Stuttgard, and from there to Munich. At Stuttgard you will give the wedding present to the Princess Paul. If it costs fifteen to twenty thousand francs, that will suffice; the rest will do for giving presents at Munich to the daughters of the Electress of Bavaria. All that Madame de Serent20 has advised you is definitely arranged. Take with you the wherewithal to make presents to the ladies and officers who will wait upon you. Be civil, but receive full homage; they owe everything to you, and you owe nothing save civility. The Electress of Wurtemberg is daughter of the King of England. She is an excellent woman; you should be very kind to her, but yet without affectation.
I shall be very glad to see you, the moment circumstances permit me. I start to join my vanguard. The weather is frightful; it snows heavily. Otherwise my affairs go excellently.
Adieu, my dear.
Napoleon.
November 19th.—French occupy Brunn, and Napoleon establishes his headquarters at Wischau.
November 24th.—Massena occupies Trieste.
November 28th.—Army of Italy joins troops of the Grand Army at Klagenfurt.
December 2nd.—Battle of the Three Emperors (Austerlitz). French forces 80,000; allies 95,000.