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BIRTH OF NAPOLEON-HIS FAMILY-BRIENNE-ANECDOTES-HIS EARLY CHARACTERSNOW-BALLS-PARIS-GETS HIS COMMISSION-HIS FIRST LOVE-AUTHORSHIP.

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE was born on

the 15th of August, 1769, at Ajaccio, in the Island of Corsica. There is reason to believe that his ancestors, on the mother's side, were Neapolitans; and that on his father's, they were members of certain noble houses of San Miniato, in Tuscany. The majority of his historians and biographers endeavour to shew that his descent was illustrious, if not slightly tinged with royalty. The name of Bonaparte stands high among the senators in the "Golden Book" of Bologna; but there is no proof that Napoleon was lineally descended from that family. The fact is not important; for inasmuch as Time can easily trace many men back to something of nobility, so the retrospection has only to be extended in order to prove the origin of all men very humble. Whatever qualities were displayed by Napoleon, he did not derive his power from his family, but from his own nature, his own actions, and the circumstances of which he was the creature and the creator.

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defeat the vigilance of the English skirmishers, who had drawn themselves up in the front of the Fort, and opposed the French with the most determined energy. Dugommier was obliged to give ground instead of advancing, and as he was beaten back he exclaimed, "I am a lost man!" The expression was not meant in a figurative sense: his failure in the enterprise might have led to the scaffold.

At this critical juncture, Napoleon, perceiving the point most open to attack, singled out the officer who, of all others, was best able to make

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good the attempt. He immediately dispatched his aide-de-camp, Captain Muiron, whose courage and presence of mind he well knew, at the head of a battalion of light infantry, which was strongly supported. They were ordered to ascend by the winding-paths leading to the summit, and surprise the Fort. The perilous ascent, favoured by the darkness, and by his thorough knowledge of the ground, was accomplished by the gallant Muiron without the loss of a man. He reached the summit, and rushing through an embrasure, was received by the pike of an English soldier, and fell dangerously wounded; but his men had poured in close at his heels, and Little Gibraltar was taken. The English and Spanish gunners were all killed at their posts.

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