Letter 046 — XLVI
Original French
Vienne, le 15 novembre 1805.
Je suis à Vienne depuis deux jours, ma bonne amie, un peu fatigué. Je n’ai pas encore vu la ville de jour; je l’ai parcourue la nuit. Demain, je reçois les notables. Presque toutes mes troupes sont au delà du Danube, à la poursuite des Russes. Adieu, ma Joséphine; du moment que cela sera possible, je te ferai venir. Mille choses aimables pour toi.
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.
Vienna, November 15, 1805.
I have been in Vienna for two days, my good friend, and am a little tired. I have not yet seen the city by daylight; I have traveled through it at night. Tomorrow I receive the leading citizens. Almost all my troops are beyond the Danube, pursuing the Russians. Goodbye, my Joséphine; as soon as it is possible, I will send for you. A thousand kind thoughts for you.
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.
Vienna, November 15, 1805.
My dear friend, I have spent two days in Vienna and am somewhat tired. I have been around the city at night, though I have yet to see it by day. Tomorrow I receive its leading citizens. Nearly all my troops have crossed the Danube in pursuit of the Russians. Goodbye, my Joséphine. I shall have you come as soon as it can be done. A thousand kind thoughts to you.
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