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Suspensionofhostilities—LettertotheConsuls—SecondOccupationofMilan—BonaparteandMassena—PublicacclamationsandthevoiceofJosephine—Strayrecollections—OrganizationofPiedmont—Sabresofhonour—RewardstothearmyoftheRhine—Pretendedarmyofreserve—GeneralZach—Anniversaryofthe14thofJuly—MonumenttoDesaix—DesaixandFoy—Bonaparte'sspeechintheTempleofMars— ArrivaloftheConsularGuard—ThebonesofmarshalTurenne— Lucien'ssuccessfulspeech—LetterfromLucientoJosephBonaparte—TheFirstConsul'sreturntoParis—Accidentsontheroad— Difficultyofgaininglastingfame—AssassinationofKléber— SituationoftheterraceonwhichKléberwasstabbed—Odiousrumours —Arrivalofacourier—Anightscene—Bonaparte'sdistressonperusingthedespatchesfromEgypt.
Whatlittletime, andhowfeweventssometimessufficetochangethedestinyofnations! WeleftMilanonthe13thofJune, Marengoonthe14th, andonthe15thItalywasours! AsuspensionofhostilitiesbetweentheFrenchandAustrianarmieswastheimmediateresultofasinglebattle; andbyvirtueofaconvention, concludedbetweenBerthierandMelas, weresumedpossessionofallthefortifiedplacesofanyimportance, :
ThedayafterthebattleofMarengo, CITIZENSCONSULS, , ofwhichIsendyouacopy, wasdrawnup, , oftheirarmy.
(Signed) Bonaparte