 In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte , a biography by Napoleon 's private secretary , Louis de Bourrienne , he notes that Le souper de Beaucaire was reprinted as a book – the first edition issued at the cost of the Public Treasury in August 1798 , and a second edition in 1821 , following Napoleon 's death . He also states , " It was during my absence from France that Bonaparte , in the rank of ' chef de bataillon ' [ major ] , performed his first campaign , and contributed so materially to the recapture of Toulon . Of this period of his life I have no personal knowledge , and therefore I shall not speak of it as an eye @-@ witness . I shall merely relate some facts which fill up the interval between 1793 and 1795 , and which I have collected from papers which he himself delivered to me . Among these papers is a little production , entitled ' Le Souper de Beaucaire ' , the copies of which he bought up at considerable expense , and destroyed upon his attaining the Consulate . " 
 In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte , a biography by Napoleon <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>private secretary , Louis de Bourrienne , he <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>notes</mark></a> that Le souper de Beaucaire was reprinted as a book – the first edition issued at the cost of the Public Treasury in August 1798 , and a second edition in 1821 , following Napoleon <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>death . He also <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>states</mark></a> , " It was during my absence from France that Bonaparte , in the rank of ' chef de bataillon ' [ major ] , performed his first campaign , and contributed so materially to the recapture of Toulon . Of this period of his life I <a href='got' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> no personal knowledge , and therefore I shall not speak of it as an eye @-@ witness . I shall merely relate some facts which fill up the interval between 1793 and 1795 , and which I <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>have</mark></a> collected from papers which he himself delivered to me . Among these papers is a little production , entitled ' Le Souper de Beaucaire ' , the copies of which he bought up at considerable expense , and destroyed upon his attaining the Consulate . " 
In Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte , a biography by Napoleon  private secretary , Louis de Bourrienne , he note dat Le souper de Beaucaire was reprinted as a book – da first edition issued at tdacost of the Public Treasury in August 1798 , and a second edition in 1821 , following Napoleon  death . He also state , " It was during my absence from France that Bonaparte , in thdaank of ' chef de bataillon ' [ major ] , performed his first campaign , and contributed so materially to the recapture of Toulon . Of dis period of his life I got no personal knowledge , and therefore I shall not speak of it as an eye @-@ witness . I shall merely relate some facts which fill up the interval between 1793 and 1795 , and which I done collected from papers which he himself delivered to me . Among these papers is a little production , entitled ' Le Souper de Beaucaire ' , the copies of which he bought up at considerable expense , and destroyed upon his attaining thedansulate . "