No. 8 November 1st — Anklam Surrenders, With 4000 Men, to General Becker
To the Empress, at Mayence.
November 1, 1806, 2 A.M.
Talleyrand has just arrived and tells me, my dear, that you do nothing but cry. What on earth do you want? You have your daughter, your grandchildren, and good news; surely these are sufficient reasons for being happy and contented.
The weather here is superb; there has not yet fallen during the whole campaign a single drop of water. I am very well, and all goes excellently.
Adieu, dear; I have received a letter from M. Napoleon; I do not believe it is from him, but from Hortense. Kindest regards to everybody.
Napoleon.
November 2nd.—Kustrin surrenders, with 4000 men and 90 guns, to Davoust.