Spying under Napoleon I

Reprint from the publication. St. Petersburg, 1867. Karl Ludwig (Charles Louis) Schulmeister (1770-1853)-officer of the French army and secret agent Napoleon. Born in Alsace, therefore he spoke beautifully in French and German, as well as, suddenly, in Vienger. I learned to secular manners - Schmans" dancing, fencing, ten smart phrases, etc. I got it for life smuggling. In 1799, the divisions brought him to Savari, a friend and servant of Bunaparte, who was engaged in the "secrets of the general" (and then the emperor) This friendship allowed Schulmeister to participate in the abduction of the Duke of Engienne, led by Savari. The next year, Schulmeister is already a Gypsy Baron of the Hungarian aristocrat, convincing the Austrian commander of Baron Mac, that he has big ties in France, and without him could not win. It was because of the faith in the Hungarian friend "who Mac sat in Ulma and waited for the Allies to come to his aid - he was printed by special French and German newspapers about how the enemies flee all -terrain vehicles. After the surrender of Ulma, Schulmeister crept into Vienna, but there they stopped believing sharply and threw him into the ultrasound. However, Emperor Vienna took his spy from there a monster. After this, Schulmeister is desperately trying to prove that he is a brave Hungarian combat hussar - he beats in battles, he was injured ... In 1815, Bourbons forced him to pay a tax on life - "everything that is." So the former chief spy of the emperor in the honorary position of the owner of the tobacco shop was survived, filling visitors about dashing youth