Project Gutenberg 2012-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 193 Gourgaud, Gaspard, Baron 1783 1852 Gourgaud, General (Gaspard) Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de France sous Napoléon, Tome 2/2 Écrits à Sainte-Hélène par les généraux qui ont partagé sa captivité Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Hélène de Mink, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de France sous Napoléon, Tome 2/2" by Gourgaud is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work provides firsthand insights into Napoleonic France, focusing on the events surrounding the years 1800 and 1801 during Napoleon's rule, particularly the diplomatic and military maneuvers of the time. The memoirs reflect the experiences and observations of Gourgaud, highlighting the intricacies of warfare, diplomatic negotiations, and the geopolitical landscape of Europe during this tumultuous period. The opening of the memoirs details significant diplomatic interactions, particularly concerning peace negotiations with Austria and England. It begins with the arrival of the Austrian plenipotentiary, Count Saint-Julien, in Paris, tasked with negotiating preliminary peace terms. The narrative emphasizes the complexity of these negotiations, revealing that despite attempts at diplomacy, hostilities were likely to resume due to the demand for joint negotiations by the British and the Austrians. Throughout this portion, the focus is placed on the strategic decisions made by Napoleon and his government, the state of various military forces, and the unfolding dynamics that would lead to renewed conflict on both land and sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/38696/38696-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr France -- History -- 1789-1815 DC Text FR Histoire Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 570094 2025-08-15T14:56:54.534247 text/html 554275 2012-01-28T08:08:40 text/html 782181 2025-08-15T14:57:00.860740 application/epub+zip 786015 2025-08-15T14:56:55.597758 application/epub+zip 232533 2025-08-15T14:56:55.055739 application/epub+zip 937764 2025-08-15T14:57:05.022684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 893683 2025-08-15T14:57:00.159711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345871 2022-09-17T15:54:15.951107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522367 2025-08-15T14:56:53.912287 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 507878 2012-01-28T08:08:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19485 2025-08-15T14:57:05.169687 application/rdf+xml 10931 2025-08-15T14:56:55.132719 image/jpeg 2249 2025-08-15T14:56:55.094739 image/jpeg 182983 2012-01-28T08:09:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 728651 2012-01-28T08:09:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 739610 2025-08-15T14:56:54.607212 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia