Letter 038 — XXXVIII
Original French
Augsbourg, le 10 octobre 1805.
J’ai couché aujourd’hui chez l’ancien électeur de Trêves, qui est fort bien logé. Depuis huit jours je cours. Des succès assez notables ont commencé la campagne. Je me porte fort bien, quoiqu’il pleuve presque tous les jours. Les événements se suivent avec rapidité. J’ai envoyé en France 4 000 prisonniers, 8 drapeaux, et j’ai 14 pièces de canon à l’ennemi. Adieu, mon amie, je t’embrasse.
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.
Augsburg, October 10, 1805.
I slept today at the home of the former Elector of Trier, who is very comfortably lodged. I have been on the move for eight days. Some quite notable successes have opened the campaign. I am very well, although it rains almost every day. Events follow one another rapidly. I have sent 4,000 prisoners and 8 flags to France, and I have 14 cannon from the enemy. Farewell, my friend, I embrace you.
Plain English translation
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Augsburg, October 10, 1805.
Today I slept at the former Elector of Trier's, where the accommodation is very good. I have been on the move for eight days. The campaign has begun with some notable successes. I am very well, though it rains almost every day. Events are moving swiftly, one after another. Four thousand prisoners and eight flags have gone to France, and I have taken fourteen enemy guns. Goodbye, my dear; I kiss you.
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Letter 038 — XXXVIII is part of Letters to Josephine by Napoléon Bonaparte. This page sets the French original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is part 38 of 172 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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