Letter 119 — CXIX
Original French
Madrid, le 22 décembre 1808.
Je pars à l’instant pour manœuvrer les Anglais, qui paraissent avoir reçu leur renfort, et vouloir faire les crânes. Le temps est beau, ma santé parfaite; sois sans inquiétude.
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.
Madrid, December 22, 1808.
I leave at once to maneuver against the English, who appear to have received their reinforcements and to want to play the bold fellows. The weather is fine, my health perfect; do not be anxious.
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.
Madrid, December 22, 1808.
I'm leaving at once to maneuver against the English, who seem to have received their reinforcements and want to act bold. The weather is fine, my health perfect; don't worry.
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