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Emperor Napoleon en route to Potsdam amid War Dispatches
The bulletin reports Napoleon’s forces advancing toward Berlin with Ney and Soult corps in pursuit from Magdeburg while Potsdam hosts the emperor. It notes Berlin fortifications, military councils, and a peculiar encounter with a Saxon widow granted a pension. The piece reflects tensions with Prussia and royal sentiment in Germany.
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Berlin
Prince of Ponte
Corvois
Sans-Sovei
Frederick
Furnithea
Princ Ferdinand
Freder
Bertrand
Sidav
Dupont
Grand Duke of Berg
Spandau
Stetting
de Febvre
Imperial Foot Guards
Marshal Berlieres
Imperial Horse Guards
Potsdam
Agth
Ney
Magdeburgh
Soult
Elbe
Stettin
Wittemberg
Saxony
Egypt
Napoleon
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Arsterlintz
Germany
Roffia
London
Lady Hamilton
Russia
Ald
Eorcke