He was to be solely a general, never a negotiator.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
At once he determined to ride back and make some excuse for a rupture with Austria; and only the persistent remonstrances of Berthier turned him from this mad resolve, which would forthwith have exhibited him to the world as estimating more highly the youthful promptings of destiny than the honour of a French negotiator.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
We may also note here that, by the extraordinary negligence of the Prussian negotiator, Marshal Kalckreuth, the subsequent convention as to the evacuation of Prussia by the French troops left open a loophole for its indefinite occupation.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose