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NAPOLEON'S ADDRESSES.
Proclamation to the Army on his Departure for France, August, 1799.
"The news from Europe has determined me to proceed to France. I leave the command of the army to General Kléber. The army shall hear from me forthwith; at present I can say no more. It costs me much pain to quit troops to whom I am so strongly attached. But my absence will be but temporary, and the general I leave in command has the confidence of the Government as well as mine."
