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To Josephine.
Millesimo, 29 germinal year IV [April 18, 1796]. No letters from you, my adorable friend; So you have very pleasant occupations since you forget your husband who, in the midst of the most excessive business and fatigue, only thinks and desires you. You will have seen the reports that I sent of the 3 battles that the army that I command won. Today I will be in the town of Ceva, whose entrenched camp I have already attacked. (…) I am isolated. You forgot me… I've been on horseback for eight days now. No more night, no more rest, no more sleep, that is bearable. But woe the moment you say... no more love... I haven't received a letter from your children, I love them I swear it to you as you do. Bonaparte. »
Unpublished, this letter has just been published on the Napoleonica.org website by the Fondation Napoléon…
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