Poland and the Poles -- The Seat of War -- Change in the Character of Napoleon's Army -- The Battle of Pultusk -- Discontent in the Grand Army -- Homesickness of the French -- Napoleon's Generals -- His Measures of Reorganization -- Weakness of the Russians -- The Ability of Bennigsen -- Failure of the Russian Manoeuvers -- Napoleon in Warsaw. The key to Napoleon's dealings with Poland is to be found in his strategy; his political policy never passed beyond the first tentative stages, for he never conquered either Russia or Poland. The struggle upon which he was next to enter was a contest, not for Russian abasement but for Russian friendship in the interest of his far-reaching continental …
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