Towards the end, large numbers of the young nobles went into the army.

"In 1812, there, was not a marshal, or even a general, who had not some of these on his staff, or as aids-de-camp.

Nearly all the cavalry regiments in the army were commanded by officers belonging to these families.

They had already attracted notice in the infantry.

All these young nobles had openly joined the emperor because they were easily influenced by love of glory."] [Footnote 3140: Madame de Remusat II., 299 (1806): "He began to surround himself about this time with so much ceremony that none of us had scarcely any intimate relations with him....