The War of Wars (140 page)

Miot de Melito, Comte
721

Mirabeau, Comte de
16
,
23
,
25
,
189
,
336
,
572

Miranda, General Francisco de
34
,
35
,
36–46
,
156
,
493–5
,
588
,
612

Mireur, General
281

Missiessy, Admiral
434
,
436

Mitre, General
500

mob, Paris
18–19
,
20
,
24
,
26
,
47
,
70–1
,
71
,
337
,
914

Modena
167
,
172
,
184

Moira, Earl of
132
,
137
,
138
,
603

Moldechno
813
,
814

Mollendorff, Field Marshal von
512

monarchy, absolute
2
,
4
,
337
,
863

Mondovi
163

Monge, Gaspard
251
,
472

Mons
876

Montagnards
40
,
42

Montagu, Admiral
213

Montané, Jacques Bernard Marie
41

Montesquieu, General
34

Montevideo
499
,
500

Montreau, Battle of
850

Moore, Sir John
268
,
328
,
579
,
588
,
592–5
,
599
,
607
,
614
,
619–20
,
624–32
,
702
,
926

Morand, General
783

Morard de Galles, Admiral
223

Moreau, General Jean-Victor
171
,
178
,
305
,
333
,
336
,
343
,
347
,
348
,
350
,
391
,
392
,
394
,
400
,
471
,
476
,
477
,
912

Moreno, Mariano
500

Mormant, Battle of
850

Mornington, Lord
see
Wellesley, Richard; Wesley, Garret

Morris, Gouverneur
189

Mortier, Marshal Adolphe-Édouard
788
,
796
,
860
,
912

Moscow

burning of
788–95
,
854

French advance on
775–7
,
779–80
,
787

retreat from
796–804

Moskirch, Battle of
348

Moulin, Jean
340
,
341

Mount Tabor, Battle of
319–20

Mourchon, Private
298–9

Mouveaux
135

Muffling, General von
878
,
886
,
893
,
894
,
896

Muir, Thomas
106

Mulgrave, Lord
636–7
,
639
,
648

Munich
481

Murad Bey
282
,
284
,
300
,
306
,
308
,
328

Murat, Marshal Joachim (later King of Naples)
154
,
167
,
251
,
319
,
324–5
,
326
,
340
,
342
,
343
,
349
,
400
,
401
,
482
,
484
,
486
,
487
,
490
,
509–10
,
513
,
514
,
515
,
519
,
520
,
584
,
586
,
680–1
,
685

commands remnants of
Grand Armée
814
,
815
,
817
,
822

death of
912

German campaign (1813)
838
,
839

and the Hundred Days
872
,
874

as King of Naples
856

plots against Napoleon
654
,
817
,
844

Russian campaign
765
,
766
,
771
,
774
,
775
,
778
,
782
,
783
,
784
,
788
,
789
,
796
,
799

Murray, Captain George
364

Murray, Sir John
210

Mustafa Pasha
325

mutiny

Channel Fleet
236–40

Mediterranean Fleet
241–2
,
270

North Sea Fleet
240–1
,
244–5

Mysore
605
,
606
,
607

Nancy
844

Nantes
49
,
123
,
132
,
143

Napier, Captain Charles
630
,
718

Naples
120
,
160
,
169
,
177
,
184
,
267
,
274
,
294
,
295
,
295–6
,
350
,
353
,
354–9
,
363
,
373
,
374
,
375
,
405
,
432
,
441
,
490
,
492
,
507–8
,
817
,
844
,
872

Napoleon Bonaparte

battles and campaigns

Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
853

Battle of Aspern-Essling
667–8

Battle of Austerlitz
463
,
486–9

Battle of the Berezina
808–9

Battle of Borodino
781–6

Battle of Dresden
837

Battle of Eylau
519–22

Battle of Friedland
524–5
,
526

Battle of Jena-Auerstadt
513–15

Battle of Laon
851–2

Battle of Leipzig
838–41
,
921

Battle of Maloyaroslavets
797–9

Battle of Marengo
348–51

Battles of Mormant, Valjouan and Montreau
850

Battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny
878–9
,
880–5
,
901
,
902

Battle of Smolensk
778–9

Battle of Vauchamps
850

Battle of Waterloo
889–903

Danube campaign (1809)
654–76

Egyptian and Syrian campaigns
249–56
,
274–5
,
276–85
,
298–310
,
311–16
,
317–29

German campaign (1813)
835–41

invasion of France
842–8
,
849–56

Italian campaign
79–80
,
156
,
159–60
,
161–74
,
175–86

march across Europe
479
,
481

Peninsular War
621–2
,
624–8
,
707–8
,
723–4
,
730
,
752
,
757
,
758–60
,
920

planned invasion of England
191
,
192
,
439–40
,
442
,
920
, 3413–30

Prussian campaign (1806)
511–15

Prussian campaign (1813)
829–30

retreat from Moscow
796–804

Russian campaign
763–72
,
773–7
,
778–86
,
787–95
,
796–804
,
808–13
,
921

Ulm manoeuvre
461

Waterloo campaign
876–903

character and attributes
1–2
,
60
,
65–6
,
74
,
183–4
,
253
,
301
,
901
,
902
,
923–4

ambition
339

appearance
149
,
153
,
187
,
305
,
377
,
382
,
388
,
855

callous and ruthless
81
,
255
,
302
,
313–15
,
322
,
484–5
,
507

child of the French Revolution
68

drunk with power
677–83

fearlessness
316

health
482
,
884
,
911

legacy of
913–26

minor player until 1802
5
,
30
,
71–2

myth of
1–2
,
759
,
918–24

pronouncements of
504–5
,
920

religious views
57
,
62
,
65
,
320
,
505–7
,
678–9

self-belief
397
,
829
,
830

sense of personal injustice
66

sexuality
63
,
65
,
67
,
153
,
309–10
,
911

superstitious
768

support of his family
149
,
155
,
399–401

writings of
56–7
,
67
,
71
,
77
,
150–1
,
678–9
,
681–2
,
922–3

early career

as army officer
64
,
64–72
,
77–82

at Toulon
74
,
76
,
77–8
,
81
,
124
,
131
,
268

coup d’etat (1797)
191

invasion of Corsica
81

King of northern Italy
179
,
184–6

Sardinian expedition
73–5
,
77

turns down Vendée posting
149

fall from power

abdication (1814)
854–5

exile in Elba
856–7
,
868
,
901

exile on St Helena
908–11
,
922–3
,
924

flight and surrender (1815)
904–6

military skills
179–84
,
846–7
,
921–2
,
924

establishes
Grand Armée
471–8

miscalculations
775
,
779–80
,
799–800

tactics
181–3
,
315
,
348
,
473–4
,
477
,
479
,
488–9
,
781–2
,
833
,
834
,
838
,
848
,
900
,
902–3

personal life

birth of son
691
,
759

childhood
57
,
60–4

death
911

and Désirée Clary
150
,
157
,
159

education
61–4

family background
57–60

and Josephine
156–9
,
167–8
,
172
,
179
,
185
,
191–2
,
309
,
334
,
398
,
519
,
523–4
,
664
,
677
,
684–8

love affairs
685
,
864

and Marie Louise of Austria
688–91
,
707
,
759
,
830
,
855
,
868
,
920

and Marie Walewska
518
,
523–4
,
682
,
684
,
685
,
687
,
857
,
868
,
874
,
904

suicide attempt
855
,
901

rise of
79–82
,
155
,
187–92
,
250
,
252–3
,
325
,
336–45

assumes imperial title
394
,
396–402
,
430

becomes First Consul
344–5

coup d’état (1799)
336–7
,
339–43

hailed as man of peace
351

influence of Robespierre on
52
,
81

regards himself as master of Europe
402–3

relations with Directory
175–6
,
177
,
178
,
179
,
184
,
185
,
188
,
190
,
192
,
250
,
251
,
304–5
,
323
,
336
,
340

return to France (1799)
326
,
333
,
334

rewards family
179
,
185
,
399–401
,
490
,
507–10
,
658
,
681
,
916

triumvirate of consuls
342

as ruler

career in four phases
921

character of his rule
915–16

constitution (1815)
871–2

creates imperial ‘nobility’
401

crowned King of Italy
431
,
432

domestic policies
505

dynastic affairs
397
,
490
,
507–10
,
682–3
,
684
,
686–7
,
860

expansionism
338–9
,
379
,
397
,
397–8
,
403–5
,
582
,
584
,
658