CHAPTER I.

1805. Abolition of the Republican calendar--Warlike preparations in Austria--Plan for re-organizing the National Guard--Napoleon in Strasburg--General Mack--Proclamation--Captain Bernard's reconnoitering mission--The Emperor's pretended anger and real satisfaction--Information respecting Ragusa communicated by Bernard --Rapid and deserved promotion--General Bernard's retirement to the United States of America. I had been three months at Hamburg when I learned that the Emperor had at last resolv…