Book 28

Napoleonic Literature
Lord Blayney's Narrative

By Major-General Lord Blayney
Published: 1814, London: Printed for E. Kerby, Bookseller and Stationer, Stafford Street, Bond Street.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME II

	CHAPTER XXX Perigueux . . . . Execution of four gentlemen . . . . Benedictine convent . . . . Du Guesclin . . . . Digression . . . . Angoulême.
	CHAPTER XXXI Poictiers . . . . Field of battle . . . . Chatelleraut . . . . Ormes . . . . Tours.
	CHAPTER XXXII Amboise . . . . Blois.
	CHAPTER XXXIII Orleans . . . . National partiality . . . . English sailor . . . . Birth of the King of Rome . . . . Itinerant sleight of hand man.
	CHAPTER XXXIV Paris . . . . Bains Chinoises . . . . Salon des Etrangers . . . . Thuilleries . . . . Fiacre . . . . Palace of Luxembourg . . . . Jardin des Plantes.
	CHAPTER XXXV Paris . . . . Palais Royal . . . . Column of the Grand Army . . . . Restaurateurs . . . . Puppetshew . . . . French females . . . . Triumphal arches . . . . Pâtés de foie gras . . . . Salle de jeu . . . . Comédie Françoise . . . . Arrest . . . . Gend’armerie.
	CHAPTER XXXVI From Paris to Verdun . . . . Porte St. Martin . . . . Meaux . . . . La Ferté . . . . Château of Etage . . . . Chalons . . . . French seminaries of education . . . . St. Menehoud . . . . Clermont . . . . Arrival at Verdun.
	CHAPTER XXXVII Verdun . . . . Sketch of its history . . . . Situation . . . . Regulations of the dépôt . . . . Exaction of the commandants, &c . . . . Different classes of English . . . . Manner of living.
	CHAPTER XXXVIII Verdun . . . . Situation of the prisoners in the dépôts . . . . Seizure of my papers . . . . Arrest and confinement . . . . Sketch of Bitche.
	CHAPTER XXXIX Verdun . . . . Excursion to Clermont . . . . Position of la Lune . . . . Varennes . . . . Pretty couturière . . . . Innkeeper . . . . Woods.
	CHAPTER XL Excursion from Verdun to Nancy and Metz . . . . Moselle . . . . Baths at Metz . . . . Préfet . . . . Arsenal and citadel . . . . Public walks . . . . Streets . . . . History . . . . Jews.
	CHAPTER XLI Nancy . . . . Pont à Mousson . . . . University . . . . Roman Aqueduct . . . . Political innkeeper . . . . Nancy . . . . Spanish prisoners . . . . General commandant . . . . Stanislaus . . . . Return to Metz . . . . French jockey . . . . Spanish renegadoes.
	CHAPTER XLII Verdun races . . . . French poetics . . . . Scandal . . . . Cottage . . . . Varennes, sous-préfet, innkeeper, Louis XVI. . . . . Letter from the Minister . . . . Grand army . . . . Death of the commandant . . . . Institutions at Verdun . . . . St. Mihiel.
	CHAPTER XLIII Excursion to Bar . . . . Spanish officers . . . . Préfet . . . . French civil officers . . . . Boniface à la Françoise . . . . Marshal Oudinot . . . . Dépôt of mendicity . . . . Dunmarsi hunt . . . . Military news . . . . Russian and Cossack officers.
	CHAPTER XLIV Verdun . . . . Extraordinary visit . . . . Disarming of the German troops . . . . Evacuation of the dépôts of Metz, &c . . . . Quit Verdun . . . . Clermont . . . . Position of La Lune . . . . French officers.
	CHAPTER XLV Chalons . . . . French officers’ abuse of Napoleon . . . . French neglect of their horses . . . . Triumphal arch . . . . Epernay . . . . Champagne cellars . . . . ChâteauThierry . . . . Ferté . . . . Meaux . . . . Château of the Prince de Conti . . . . General Latour Maubourg.
	CHAPTER XLVI Rencontre with a Russian officer . . . . Orleans . . . . A French acquaintance . . . . National guards and levée en masse . . . . Pope and Cardinals . . . . Neglect and insult to them by France and Napoleon.
	CHAPTER XLVII Blois . . . . Lodgings . . . . Provisions . . . . Passage of Prisoners . . . . Russian general . . . . Spanish grandee . . . . Hospital . . . . French military reports . . . . Quit Blois . . . . General Binard . . . . Château of Chenonceau.
	CHAPTER XLVIII Tours . . . . Innkeeper’s family . . . . Russian prisoners . . . . Loches’ shooting party . . . . Chatillon . . . . Cropped horse . . . . Buzançais . . . . Châteauroux. . . . Russian officers . . . . La Châtre . . . . Gueret.
	CHAPTER XLIX Department of the Creuse.
	CHAPTER L Triumph of the Allies . . . . Singular event . . . . Downfal of Buonaparte; “God save the King” sung at Gueret theatre in consequence . . . . Departure of English prisoners.
	CHAPTER LI Occurrences previous to leaving Gueret . . . . Paris . . . . Blucher . . . . English at Paris . . . . Parallel between Henry IV. and Louis XVI. the first and last of the Bourbons, antecedent to the Revolution.
	CHAPTER LII Emperor of Russia . . . . General Sebastiani . . . . Lord Castlereagh . . . . Cossacks . . . . Verdun . . . . Sedan . . . . Valenciennes . . . . Jemmapes . . . . Brussels . . . . Ghent . . . . Ostend . . . . Calais . . . . England.

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