Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: With Copious Historical Illustrations, and Original Anecdotes, from the Ms. of Count Labédoyère, Interspersed with Extracts from M. V. Arnault, Counts Rapp, Montholon, Las Cases, Gourgaud, Segur, &c. Prededed by an Analysis of the French Revolution, Τόμος 2G. Virtue, 1827 |
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Σελίδα 455
... positions about the place , as well as the chateau royal of Sans Souci . Napoleon quitted Potzdam for Berlin , where he made his public entrance on the 27th of October . The mag- nificent appearance of this capital on its first view ...
... positions about the place , as well as the chateau royal of Sans Souci . Napoleon quitted Potzdam for Berlin , where he made his public entrance on the 27th of October . The mag- nificent appearance of this capital on its first view ...
Σελίδα 466
... position . The action soon became general , and terminated glori- ously , especially as a part of Bernadotte's troops had marched several leagues , to arrive at the field of battle . The loss of the Russians was considerable ; that of ...
... position . The action soon became general , and terminated glori- ously , especially as a part of Bernadotte's troops had marched several leagues , to arrive at the field of battle . The loss of the Russians was considerable ; that of ...
Σελίδα 467
... positions were carried , the town of Eylau taken , and the streets covered with dead bodies . The Emperor then ... position near the church , and besides the artillery of the two corps under Soult and Augereau , ordered all that of ...
... positions were carried , the town of Eylau taken , and the streets covered with dead bodies . The Emperor then ... position near the church , and besides the artillery of the two corps under Soult and Augereau , ordered all that of ...
Σελίδα 470
... position within half a league of Koenigsberg . Such was the issue of the battle of Eylau . Half of the French army were not engaged , and the other obtained the victory by efforts almost unheard of , and by means of dispositions made at ...
... position within half a league of Koenigsberg . Such was the issue of the battle of Eylau . Half of the French army were not engaged , and the other obtained the victory by efforts almost unheard of , and by means of dispositions made at ...
Σελίδα 475
... position of the Russian army , was decidedly of opinion that the town of Friedland should be carried without delay , by sud- denly changing his front , and ordering his right to advance : he commenced the attack with the extremity of ...
... position of the Russian army , was decidedly of opinion that the town of Friedland should be carried without delay , by sud- denly changing his front , and ordering his right to advance : he commenced the attack with the extremity of ...
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affairs Alexander allies appeared Archduke arms arrived artillery attack Austrian battalions batteries battle of Jena Berezina Bertrand Blucher Bonaparte bridge campaign cavalry columns command corps Cossacks Count Danube Davoust division Duke Elba Emperor Emperor of Austria Empress endeavoured enemy enemy's English Europe favour field of battle fire force France French army garrison grand Grouchy guard head-quarters Helena honour horses hundred thousand francs Imperial infantry island killed King of Naples King of Prussia leagues Lobau Longwood Lord Marie Louise Marshal Ney Marshal Soult ment military ministers Montholon morning Moscow Murat Napo Napoleon nation night o'clock observed officers Paris passed peace person pieces of cannon poleon position Prince of Echmuhl prisoners Rapp rear received regiment remained retreat Russians sent Smolensk Soissons soldiers soon sovereign Spain taken thing tion took town twenty victory Vienna village whilst whole Wilna wished wounded
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Σελίδα 860 - It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Σελίδα 794 - Madmen ! One moment of prosperity has bewildered them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their grave.
Σελίδα 709 - The Allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the only obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces for himself and his heirs the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, ab I?
Σελίδα 528 - Soldiers ! The territory of the Confederation of the Rhine has been violated. The Austrian general supposes that we are to fly at the sight of his eagles, and abandon our allies to his mercy.
Σελίδα 845 - It was about fourteen feet by twelve, and ten or eleven feet in height. The walls were lined with brown nankeen, bordered and edged with common green bordering paper, and destitute of skirting.
Σελίδα 872 - Will of the \5th of April. •• 1. Amongst the diamonds of the crown which were delivered up in 1814, there were some to the value of five or six hundred thousand francs, not belonging to it, but which formed part of my private property ; repossession shall be obtained of them in order to discharge my legacies. 2. I had in the hands of the banker Torlonia, at Rome...
Σελίδα 687 - I gave you carte blanche, to save Paris and avoid a battle, which was the last hope of the nation. The battle has taken place, and Providence has blessed our arms.
Σελίδα 875 - Ten thousand francs to the subaltern officer Cantillon, who has undergone a trial, upon the charge of having endeavoured to assassinate Lord Wellington, of which he was pronounced innocent. Cantillon had as much right to assassinate that oligarchist, as the latter had to send me to perish upon the rock of St Helena.
Σελίδα 872 - Rhine, under the directions of my executors, and upon their orders, one hundred thousand francs. 22. To be distributed amongst those who suffered amputation, or were severely wounded at Ligny or Waterloo, who may be still living, according to lists drawn up by my executors, to whom shall be added Cambrone, Larrey, Percy, and Emmery. The guards shall be paid double ; those of the Island of Elba, quadruple ; two hundred thousand francs.
Σελίδα 867 - Ah ! there is a man with a countenance really pleasing, open, frank, and sincere. There is the face of an Englishman. His countenance bespeaks his heart, and I am sure he is a. good man : I never yet beheld a man of whom I so immediately formed a good opinion, as of that fine soldier-like old man. He carries...