A Full and Circumstantial Account of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo: The Second Restoration of Louis XVIII; and the Deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the Island of St. Helena, and Every Recent Particular Relative to His Conduct and Mode of Life in His Exile. Together with an Interesting Account of the Affairs of France and the Biographical Sketches of the Most Distinguished Waterloo Heroes. Embellished with EngravingsT. Kelly, 1817 - 509 ページ |
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... marshal who had been opposed to them . Prince Schwartzenberg was appointed to the chief command of the Austrians , having under his or- ders Field - marshal Bellegarde , and Generals Frimont , Vincent , and Bianchi . The Russians were ...
... marshal who had been opposed to them . Prince Schwartzenberg was appointed to the chief command of the Austrians , having under his or- ders Field - marshal Bellegarde , and Generals Frimont , Vincent , and Bianchi . The Russians were ...
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... Marshal Ney . Buonaparte directed him to march upon Brussels by the way of Gosselies and Frasnes , while the centre and the right wing , with the imperial guards , under the immediate command of Napoleon , marched to the right towards ...
... Marshal Ney . Buonaparte directed him to march upon Brussels by the way of Gosselies and Frasnes , while the centre and the right wing , with the imperial guards , under the immediate command of Napoleon , marched to the right towards ...
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... Marshal Ney , to move to the right to assist in the attack . Of this movement Ney complained heavily in a letter to Fouche , as having paralyzed his efforts , and nearly exposed his troops to destruction . The reinforcement , as it ...
... Marshal Ney , to move to the right to assist in the attack . Of this movement Ney complained heavily in a letter to Fouche , as having paralyzed his efforts , and nearly exposed his troops to destruction . The reinforcement , as it ...
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... marshals who had been opposed to him , and now , for the first time , found himself confronted with their master ... Marshal promised to be with him in person , and proposed that , should the French army decline the combat , the com ...
... marshals who had been opposed to him , and now , for the first time , found himself confronted with their master ... Marshal promised to be with him in person , and proposed that , should the French army decline the combat , the com ...
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... Marshal Prince Blucher concentrated the Prussian army upon Sombref , holding the villages of St. Amand and Ligny in front of his position . " The enemy continued his march along the road from Charleroi towards Brussels , and , on the ...
... Marshal Prince Blucher concentrated the Prussian army upon Sombref , holding the villages of St. Amand and Ligny in front of his position . " The enemy continued his march along the road from Charleroi towards Brussels , and , on the ...
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257 ページ - I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous, of my enemies.
54 ページ - Three hundred cannon-mouths roar'd loud, And from their throats, with flash and cloud, Their showers of iron threw. Beneath their fire, in full career...
57 ページ - Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the legion which occupied it had expended all its ammunition, and the enemy occupied the only communication there was with them. The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry, but these attacks were uniformly unsuccessful, and they afforded opportunity to our cavalry to charge ; in one of which, Lord E.
357 ページ - It must be obvious however to every officer, that from the moment the troops commenced their retreat from the neighbourhood of Burgos on the one hand, and from Madrid on the other, the officers lost all command over their men. Irregularities and outrages of all descriptions were committed with impunity, and losses have been sustained which ought never to have occurred.
367 ページ - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.
58 ページ - Vanhope, commanding a brigade of infantry of the king of the Netherlands. General Pozzo di Borgo, general baron Vincent, general Muffling, and general Alava , were in the field during the action, and rendered me every assistance in their power. Baron, Vincent is wounded, but I hope not severely; and general Pozzo di Borgo received; a contusion. I should not do justice to my...
56 ページ - Prussian army maintained their position with their usual gallantry and perseverance, against a great disparity of numbers, as the 4th corps of their army, under General Bulow, had not joined, and I was not able to assist them as I wished, as I was attacked myself, and the troops, the" cavalry in particular, which had a long distance to march, had not arrived. We maintained our position also, and completely defeated and repulsed all the enemy's attempts to get possession of it. The enemy repeatedly...
317 ページ - Lisbon shall be given up to the commander in chief of the British army, who engages to obtain of the Spaniards to restore such French subjects, either military or civil, as may have been detained in Spain, without being taken in battle, or in consequence of military operations, but on occasion of the occurrences of the 29th of last May, and the days immediately following.
314 ページ - Portuguese cavalry, destined to turn the enemy's left, and penetrate into the mountains in his rear. The left, consisting of Major-General Ferguson's and Brigadier-General Bowes's brigades of infantry, three companies of riflemen, a...
262 ページ - All letters addn seed to the general, or to persons in his suite, must be delivered to the admiral or governor, who will read them before he suffers them to be delivered to those to whom they are addressed. Letters written by the general, or his suite, are subject to the same rule. " No letter that does not come to St. Helena through the secretary of state must be communicated to the general, or his attendants, if it is written by a person not living in the island.