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In return for these services Bonaparte did nothing whatever for

the restoration of Poland. The legions were sent oversea to

reduce the negro insurrection in the island of San Domingo, where

the greater part of them perished (1803; p. 31).

In 1806, after his victory at Jena (p. 176), Napoleon summoned

the Poles to his standards. A large force was organised, under

the command of Prince Joseph Poniatowski and Dombrowski. In the

succeeding war, which includes the siege and capture of Dantzic

(p. 116) and the battle of Preussisch-Eylau (p. 251),