Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-16
A TALK WITH NAPOLEON.
What He Said About Waterloo a
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What He Said About Waterloo and Other Matters. The following regarding Napoleon Bona
 parte is taken from the Repertory of Boston,
 dated December 5, 1915:
 Conversing one day about the siege of St. Jean d'Acre Bonaparte observed that ''when Sir Sidney Smith was there he distributed several proclamations among the French troops which made them waver." In order to obviate this he published an order in which he asserted that the English commander was mad, and it concluded with prohibiting all communication with him. ''This," he added, "had the desired effect, and so enraged Sir Sidney that he sent him 8 challenge to single combat, which was de- clined, and Napoleon returning at the same time for answer that when he brought the Duke of Marlborough to meet him he would accept 1t.
 He stated most positively that he would then have taken Acre if the English had not taken his battering ram, and added in Eng fish and French, ''had it not been for you English would have been Emperor of the East, but wherever ship could get I was all ways sure to find some of the English to op pose"
  his firm determination, and said that he iu- tended to have landed as near Chatham as possible and to have dashed at once for Lon don. He admitted the great probability that he might have besn killed in the at tempt. That this scheme was not put into effect, he says, was owing to Admiral Villen- euve not obeying the orders he received. He
 was particularly inquisitive as to the climate
 of England, and said that the cause of so many suicides was the humidness of the at
 mosphere.
 One day Bonaparte was speaking of the
 Duke of Wellington and observed he did not expect he would have given him battle, but that he would have retreated and waited for the Prussian and other endorsements, in which case, he says, he must have been final ly beaten, but that he extremely happy to find Lord Wellington did not decline the combat, adding that Che made quite certain of obtaining the victory" He also said that
 he 'tknew of the advances of the Prussians, but that he did not regard 1t of much conse- quence, and that he was betrayed by some of his generals He further said that s'the
 universal consternation among his troops
 taking place at time of darkness, he was not able to rally the fugitives by showing his person to them, which he is convinced would have effectually restored order had it been daylight; but that, in consequence of it's be- ing dark, he was borne away by the crowI and obliged to fly himself"
 On being asked why he had not given up to Austria he replied: "What! Give my self up to a nation without laws, honor or faith, No, the moment I had got there I should have been put into a dungeon and never heard of more. In giving myself up to the English have given myself up to 8 nation with honorable and just laws, which afford protection to every person."
 One day he observed he ought to have died the day he entered Moscow, as ever l. L of disasters.
 He further observed he "would have made peace at Dresden, and also afterwards if it had not been for the advice of the Duke of Bassano, who persuaded him against it."
 The invasion of Spain Bonaparte says he undertook at the special advice of ,Talley- rand, who was continually urgfl n to that measure, invariably pointing o.Is the absolute necessity of it's being undertaken, and if possible accomplished at all hazards