Historical Memoirs: 1815, Βιβλίο 9A. Small, 1820 |
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Σελίδα 24
... defend that country : moreover , the admiralty , meeting with considerable difficulties in equipping their vessels , were fearful lest the French squadron at Toulon might put to sea before theirs . Twice the strange and unaccountable ...
... defend that country : moreover , the admiralty , meeting with considerable difficulties in equipping their vessels , were fearful lest the French squadron at Toulon might put to sea before theirs . Twice the strange and unaccountable ...
Σελίδα 48
... defend a capital and in- terdict the entry to an army of from 3 to 400,000 men . Now those same 50,000 men , in a champaign coun- try , if they are not well trained soldiers , and com- manded by experienced officers , would be thrown ...
... defend a capital and in- terdict the entry to an army of from 3 to 400,000 men . Now those same 50,000 men , in a champaign coun- try , if they are not well trained soldiers , and com- manded by experienced officers , would be thrown ...
Σελίδα 50
... defend- ed , a fort was to be constructed enclosing the tri- umphal arch of Etoile ; its right supported by the batteries of Montmartre , its left by the works con- structed on the heights of the barrier of Passy , cross- ing their fire ...
... defend- ed , a fort was to be constructed enclosing the tri- umphal arch of Etoile ; its right supported by the batteries of Montmartre , its left by the works con- structed on the heights of the barrier of Passy , cross- ing their fire ...
Σελίδα 52
... courage- ous . The engineer determined to protect it by a line of redoubts , which would admit of defending it a long time . The old inclosure on the right bank of the Soane , led along the summit of the hills 52 [ BOOK IX . ' MEMOIRS.
... courage- ous . The engineer determined to protect it by a line of redoubts , which would admit of defending it a long time . The old inclosure on the right bank of the Soane , led along the summit of the hills 52 [ BOOK IX . ' MEMOIRS.
Σελίδα 53
... there . From 15 to 20,000 men were sufficient to defend Lyons . 30,000 men were to be calculated on , without weak- ening the line of the army . CHAPTER III . PLAN OF CAMPAIGN . I. Could the CHAP . II . ] 53 OF NAPOLEON .
... there . From 15 to 20,000 men were sufficient to defend Lyons . 30,000 men were to be calculated on , without weak- ening the line of the army . CHAPTER III . PLAN OF CAMPAIGN . I. Could the CHAP . II . ] 53 OF NAPOLEON .
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advanced guard allies arms army corps arrived artillery attack Baron battalions battle of Ligny Belgic Bordeaux Bourbons brave brigade Brussels Bulow Charleroy chasseurs cockade column Count Lobau cuirassiers defend detached divisions of infantry Duke of Angouleme Duke of Wellington eight Emperor enemy enemy's English army field of battle fifteenth Fleurus force forest of Soignes formed fortified four fourth corps France French army Frenchmen frontiers garrison Gembloux Genappe glory Grenoble Hanoverians Haye honour hussars imperial June King leagues Lieutenant-general light cavalry Ligny Lobau Lyons Madame Majesty Mareshal Marshal Blucher Marshal Grouchy Marshal Ney ment Minister morning Mount St Namur Napoleon national guards night Nivelles o'clock officers orders Paris pieces of cannon Prince Prussian army Quatre Bras rallying rear received regiments reserve retreat road royal highness second corps sent sixth corps soldiers third corps throne tion toises took Toulon troops victory village Wavres
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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...