Berthier, Murat, Moncey, Jourdan, Massena, Augereau, Bernadotte, Soult, Brune, Lannes, Mortier, Ney, Davoust, Bessieres, Kellerman, Lefebre, Perignon, Serrurier) were named Marshals of the Empire; Duroc, Grand Marshal of the Palace; Caulaincourt, Master of the Horse; Berthier, Grand Huntsman; and Count Segur, a nobleman of the ancient regime, Master of the Ceremonies.

It was in vain attempted to excite popular enthusiasm.

"It appeared," says an eye-witness, "as if the shades of D'Enghien and Pichegru had hovered over the scene, and spread coldness on all that was meant for the manifestation of joy." It was not so with the soldiery.

Napoleon, with his empress, visited the camps at Boulogne, and was received with the excess of military applause and devotion.

He made a progress to Aix-la-Chapelle, and along the Rhenish frontier, flattered and extolled at every station.