. Souvenirs du maréchal Macdonald, duc de Tarentum. ce. Iwas en très bons termes avec Mathieu Dumas. J'ai été sorrynot de le voir ; mais, dans nos positions respectives, j'ai eu tort de le recevoir. Pendant mon travail à Lille, et depuis mon retour, j'ai été tous les temps et puis une difficulté à respirer, ce qui m'a occasionné quelques désagréments. C'était un symptôme pré-monitoire d'une attaque de goutte, qui m'a posé sur le jour même précédant celui fixé pour mon départ.l'attaque était très grave. J'aurais dû être chokedhad ils n'ont pas réussi à le dessiner à mes pieds. Itme cause la torture

• Contributeur: Reading Room 2020 / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2CEM66G
• Taille du fichier: 7,1 MB (376,7 KB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 1359 x 1838 px | 23 x 31,1 cm | 9,1 x 12,3 inches | 150dpi

Informations supplémentaires

Cette image appartient au domaine public, ce qui signifie que le droit d’auteur a expiré ou que le titulaire du droit d’auteur a renoncé à ses droits. Les frais facturés par Alamy couvrent l’accès à la copie haute résolution de l’image.

Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

. Recollections of Marshal Macdonald, duke of Tarentum. ce. Iwas on very good terms with Mathieu Dumas. I was sorrynot to see him ; but, in our respective positions, I shouldhave been wrong to receive him. During my work at Lille, and since my return, I ex-perienced every now and then a difficulty in breathing, which occasioned me some inconvenience. It was a pre-monitory symptom of an attack of gout, which laid me upon the very day preceding that fixed for my departure.The attack was very severe. I should have been chokedhad they not succeeded in drawing it down to my feet. Itcaused me tortures, and lasted three months, so I wascompelled to postpone my departure. As soon as I was well enough I started, but stopped at adistance of six leagues from Paris to rest for a day. Whilethere I heard of the disaster at Waterloo. As thiscatastrophe put the finishing stroke to Napoleons politicalcareer, I renounced my intention of continuing my journey, thinking that I might assist in hastening the return of theKing—our one hope of preventing anarchy.. [ 420 ] CHAPTER XL. Secret Meetings—The Teniporar)- Clovernment—The Cockade (Question—The King at Arnouville—The Secretar)ship for War—MinisterialCandidates—Mission to Paris—Arch-Chancellor of the Legion ofHonour. Events succeeded each other rapidly in 1815. The re-mains of the army were collected around Paris, Napoleonwas once more compelled to abdicate, and a temporaryGovernment established. This Government, wishing togauge the opinions of the Generals, called a meeting, towhich I was invited. I refused to attend it, as I hadresigned my command to the King, and felt that, if Iaccepted the invitation, I should appear to be a.ssociatingmyself with recent events and recognizing an order of thingswhich my opinions would not allow me to support. One of the first proceedings of this Government had beento raise new levies and organize battalions of federates, whosoon adopted a bullying, threatening manner towards all who

Recherche dans la banque de photos par tags

• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1890