Letter 101 — CI
Original French
Tilsitt, le 19 juin 1807.
J’ai expédié Tascher près de toi pour calmer toutes tes inquiétudes. Tout va ici au mieux. La bataille de Friedland a décidé de tout. L’ennemi est confondu, abattu, extrêmement affaibli. Ma santé est bonne, et mon armée est superbe. Adieu, mon amie, sois gaie et contente.
Musean translation
Machine-assisted Musean English translated from the French of the 172 Napoleon letters selected from Tancrède Martel, ed., Œuvres littéraires de Napoléon Bonaparte, tome 1 (Albert Savine, Paris, 1888). French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The transcription is CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; this adapted text and translations are shared under the same license. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes; selected transcription repairs were checked against print images.
Tilsit, June 19, 1807.
I have sent Tascher to you to calm all your fears. Everything here is going as well as possible. The battle of Friedland has decided everything. The enemy is confounded, brought low, and greatly weakened. My health is good, and my army is magnificent. Farewell, my dear friend, be cheerful and content.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted Plain English translation from the 1888 Martel French edition, not a historical English translation. French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The adapted transcription and translation are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes and makes documented transcription repairs. French-source model review is not human specialist certification or a complete scan collation.
Tilsit, June 19, 1807.
I sent Tascher to you to set every one of your fears at rest. Here everything is going as well as can be. Friedland's battle has settled the whole matter. The enemy is bewildered, cast down and greatly weakened. My health is good and my army superb. Farewell, my friend; be cheerful and content.
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