Historical Memoirs: 1815, Βιβλίο 9A. Small, 1820 |
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... toises joined the barrier of Trone to the redoubt of l'Etoile . This caponnier was already constructed ; the platform was raised , and had a good wall on each side . These works were completed , and six hundred pieces of cannon planted ...
... toises joined the barrier of Trone to the redoubt of l'Etoile . This caponnier was already constructed ; the platform was raised , and had a good wall on each side . These works were completed , and six hundred pieces of cannon planted ...
Σελίδα 80
... toises from Charleroy another artificial road takes to the right , through Gilly to Namur , eight leagues distant from Charleroy . Zietten's corps , informed by the hussars , of the movement of the French army , has- tily evacuated ...
... toises from Charleroy another artificial road takes to the right , through Gilly to Namur , eight leagues distant from Charleroy . Zietten's corps , informed by the hussars , of the movement of the French army , has- tily evacuated ...
Σελίδα 82
... toises in advance of Quartre Bras , on the road to Brussels . General Lefebvre Desnouettes , after a slight cannon- ade , by making a demonstration of turning his position , and cutting him off from Quatre Bras , forced him 82 [ BOOK IX ...
... toises in advance of Quartre Bras , on the road to Brussels . General Lefebvre Desnouettes , after a slight cannon- ade , by making a demonstration of turning his position , and cutting him off from Quatre Bras , forced him 82 [ BOOK IX ...
Σελίδα 87
... toises from that of Charleroy , upon which the centre had crossed , and it was 3,000 toises from the bridge of Chatelet , over which the right had passed . The French lay under arms during the night of the fifteenth , sixteenth , in a ...
... toises from that of Charleroy , upon which the centre had crossed , and it was 3,000 toises from the bridge of Chatelet , over which the right had passed . The French lay under arms during the night of the fifteenth , sixteenth , in a ...
Σελίδα 89
... toises , on the heights of the windmill of Bry . The French army halted , and formed . It was ten o'clock in the morning . The third corps was in advance of Fleurus , having the division of Girard on its left 1200 toise distant ; the ...
... toises , on the heights of the windmill of Bry . The French army halted , and formed . It was ten o'clock in the morning . The third corps was in advance of Fleurus , having the division of Girard on its left 1200 toise distant ; the ...
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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...