"Thank God!" The fires and shouting in the enemy's army were occasioned by the fact that while Napoleon's proclamation was being read to the troops the Emperor himself rode round his bivouacs.

The soldiers, on seeing him, lit wisps of straw and ran after him, shouting, "Vive l'Empereur!" Napoleon's proclamation was as follows: Soldiers! The Russian army is advancing against you to avenge the Austrian army of Ulm.

They are the same battalions you broke at Hollabrunn and have pursued ever since to this place.

The position we occupy is a strong one, and while they are marching to go round me on the right they will expose a flank to me.

Soldiers! I will myself direct your battalions.