Narrative of Events During the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Retreat of the French Army, 1812John Murray, 1860 - 412 Seiten |
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Admiral advanced guard Alexander arrived artillery attack Bagrathion Barclay battalions battery battle Beningsen Beresina Berthier Bobruisk Borisow Borodino bridge cavalry chasseurs column combat command corps Cossacks Davoust defend despatched detachment directed division Dnieper Doctorow duchy of Warsaw Dunaburg Dwina Emperor enemy enemy's English evacuation Fcap fire flank force French guns head-quarters honour horses infantry Kowno Krasnoi Kutusow Lord Majesty Malo-Jaroslavets Marshal ment Milaradowitch miles Minsk Mittau Mohilew Mojaisk Molodeczno morning Moscow moved movement Murat Napoleon Niemen night o'clock Orsza Oudinot Pakra passed Petersburg pieces of cannon Platow Polotzk Poniatowski position Post 8vo Prince Raeffskoi ravine reached rear guard redoubt regiments of Cossacks Regnier reinforced reserve retired retreat river road Russian army Second Edition sent Sir Robert Wilson Slonim Smolensk Steingell Studenki Tchichagow tête du pont Third Edition thousand tion Tormanssow Touchkoff town troops Viceroy Vols whilst whole Wiazma Wilna Witepsk Wittgenstein wood Woodcuts wounded
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Seite 23 - ... defence: all these conciliatory and pacific measures could not preserve the tranquillity which we desired. The Emperor of the French, by suddenly attacking our army at Kowno, has been the first to declare war. As nothing, therefore, could inspire him with those friendly sentiments which possessed our bosoms, we have no choice but to oppose our forces to those of the enemy, invoking the aid of the Almighty, the witness and the defender of the truth. It is unnecessary for me to recall to the minds...
Seite 256 - All prisoners were immediately and invariably stripped stark naked and marched in columns in that state, or turned adrift to be the sport and the victims of the peasantry, who would not always let them, as they sought to...