on this point, the Memoirs of Marshal Marmont, I., 180, 196; the Memoirs of Stendhal, on Napoleon; the Report of d'Antraigues (Yung, III., 170, 171); the "Mercure Britannique" of Mallet-Dupan, and the first chapter of "La Chartreuse de Parme," by Stendhal.] [Footnote 1233: "Correspondance de Napoleon," I.( Letter of Napoleon to the Directory, April 26, 1796.)--Proclamation of the same date: "You have made forced marches barefoot, bivouacked without brandy, and often without bread."] [Footnote 1234: Stendhal, "Vie de Napoleon," p.151.

"The commonest officers were crazy with delight at having white linen and fine new boots.

All were fond of music; many walked a league in the rain to secure a seat in the La Scala Theatre....

In the sad plight in which the army found itself before Castiglione and Arcole, everybody, except the knowing officers, was disposed to attempt the impossible so as not to quit Italy."-- "Marmont," I., 296: "We were all of us very young,...
all aglow with strength and health, and enthusiastic for glory....

This variety of our occupations and pleasures, this excessive employment of body and mind gave value to existence, and made time pass with extraordinary rapidity."] [Footnote 1235: "Correspondance de Napoleon," I.Proclamation of March 27, 1796: "Soldiers, you are naked and poorly fed.