Historical Memoirs: 1815, Βιβλίο 9A. Small, 1820 |
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Σελίδα 66
... brave battalions of national guards , who " already have come to double our ranks , to defend ร our fortresses , and to participate in the glory of the " army ? It is the high excitement of the attachment " of a generous people , that ...
... brave battalions of national guards , who " already have come to double our ranks , to defend ร our fortresses , and to participate in the glory of the " army ? It is the high excitement of the attachment " of a generous people , that ...
Σελίδα 83
... : but the intrepid Letort re- ceived a mortal wound . This general was one of the most distinguished cavalry officers ; none more brave ; nor possessed in a greater degree the art of exciting CHAP . IV . · OF NAPOLEON . 83.
... : but the intrepid Letort re- ceived a mortal wound . This general was one of the most distinguished cavalry officers ; none more brave ; nor possessed in a greater degree the art of exciting CHAP . IV . · OF NAPOLEON . 83.
Σελίδα 84
... brave . At night the corps of Vandamme and Grouchy took post in the woods of Trichenage and Lambusart , near Fleurus . IV . During the night of the fifteenth , sixteenth , the head quarters of the French were located at Charleroy ...
... brave . At night the corps of Vandamme and Grouchy took post in the woods of Trichenage and Lambusart , near Fleurus . IV . During the night of the fifteenth , sixteenth , the head quarters of the French were located at Charleroy ...
Σελίδα 94
... bravery of character , of which he has given so many examples in his mili- tary career . He drove before the points of his bayo- nets all that opposed his march , and had obtained possession of half the village , when he fell , mortally ...
... bravery of character , of which he has given so many examples in his mili- tary career . He drove before the points of his bayo- nets all that opposed his march , and had obtained possession of half the village , when he fell , mortally ...
Σελίδα 105
... brave general of that name , and who was killed in Russia , at the combat of Valencia , was remarkable for his eare and tenderness on this occasion . This sacred duty fulfilled , Napoleon set off in full speed , to arrive at Quatre Bras ...
... brave general of that name , and who was killed in Russia , at the combat of Valencia , was remarkable for his eare and tenderness on this occasion . This sacred duty fulfilled , Napoleon set off in full speed , to arrive at Quatre Bras ...
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Σελίδα 225 - H enemy's army, by separating it from its magazines, from its parks of reserve, from its convoys and all its equipages, had placed it in a desperate situation. The French were never on the point of being more powerful, and the flower of the enemy's army was lost without resource. It would have found its...
Σελίδα 226 - ... who, for twenty,five years, have condemned them in all our national assemblies. Your tranquillity at home, and your' consequence abroad, would be lost for ever. " Frenchmen ! In my exile I heard your complaints and your wishes ; you demanded that government of your choice which alone was legitimate. You accused my long slumber ; you reproached me for sacrificing to my repose the great interests of the country. " I have crossed the seas in the midst of dangers of every kind : I arrive among you...
Σελίδα 229 - Soldiers ! Come and range yourselves under the standard of your chief : his existence is only composed of yours ; his rights are only those of the people, and yours ; his interest, his honour, his glory, are no other than your interest, your honour, and your glory. Victory shall march at the charge step.
Σελίδα 256 - Louis, by the grace of God King of France and Navarre, to our dear and well-beloved Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, greeting.
Σελίδα 214 - When they were arranged in order of battle, the emperor said to them — " I come with a handful of brave men, because I reckon on the people and on you — the throne of the Bourbons is illegitimate, because it...
Σελίδα 267 - I either raised to the throne, or who are indebted to me for the preservation of their crowns ; who all in the time of my prosperity, courted my alliance and the protection of the French people, are now aiming their blows at my person. If I did not see that it is against the country that they are really directed, •! would place at their mercy this life against which they manifest such animosity.
Σελίδα 226 - Ff presence useful to France ; and I took with me only a handful of brave men, necessary for my guard. " Rais.ed to the throne by your choice, all that has been ^done without you is illegitimate.
Σελίδα 224 - I confided to him the command, was, by the number of its battalions, and the bravery and patriotism of the troops which composed it, fully able to beat the Austrian corps opposed to it, and to get into the rear of the left wing of the enemy's army, which threatened Paris.
Σελίδα 230 - And I, too, was part of that grand army, which entered twice the walls of Vienna, those of Rome, of Berlin, of Madrid, of Moscow ; and which delivered Paris from the foul blot which treason and the presence of the enemy imprinted on it...
Σελίδα 72 - Soldiers, at Jena, against these same Prussians, now so arrogant, you were one to three, and at Montmirail one to six...