Napoleon; a History of the Art of War: From the beginning of the Peninsular war to the end of the Russian campaign, with a detailed account of the Napoleonic warsHoughton, Mifflin, 1907 |
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... cavalry . If three guns per thousand men were at that time a fair average to get actually at work with an army ( Napoleon had many more ) , this Spanish arm always lacked strength ; and as the guns were largely hauled by mules , it is ...
... cavalry . If three guns per thousand men were at that time a fair average to get actually at work with an army ( Napoleon had many more ) , this Spanish arm always lacked strength ; and as the guns were largely hauled by mules , it is ...
Side 16
... cavalry . If three guns per thousand men were at that time a fair average to get actually at work with an army ( Napoleon had many more ) , this Spanish arm always lacked strength ; and as the guns were largely hauled by mules , it is ...
... cavalry . If three guns per thousand men were at that time a fair average to get actually at work with an army ( Napoleon had many more ) , this Spanish arm always lacked strength ; and as the guns were largely hauled by mules , it is ...
Side 18
... Cavalry . The Guard cavalry had four regiments ( grena- diers , dragoons , chasseurs , Poles ) and a company of Mam- elukes . The line cavalry consisted of two regiments of carbineers , twelve of cuirassiers , thirty of dragoons ...
... Cavalry . The Guard cavalry had four regiments ( grena- diers , dragoons , chasseurs , Poles ) and a company of Mam- elukes . The line cavalry consisted of two regiments of carbineers , twelve of cuirassiers , thirty of dragoons ...
Side 19
... cavalry regiments were organized for Spain . The cavalry was armed with a sabre and a pair of holster- pistols . The dragoons had a musket shorter than the in- fantry , with a bayonet , and the light cavalry a musketoon with bayonet ...
... cavalry regiments were organized for Spain . The cavalry was armed with a sabre and a pair of holster- pistols . The dragoons had a musket shorter than the in- fantry , with a bayonet , and the light cavalry a musketoon with bayonet ...
Side 56
... cavalry scouted the Briviesca - Gamonal country . Ney was in the centre with Desolles and Merlin at Logroño , Franceschi's horse out in front . On the left were Moncey's four divisions in the Lodosa country , with ample cavalry . In ...
... cavalry scouted the Briviesca - Gamonal country . Ney was in the centre with Desolles and Merlin at Logroño , Franceschi's horse out in front . On the left were Moncey's four divisions in the Lodosa country , with ample cavalry . In ...
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Napoleon: From the beginning of the Penninsular war to the end of the ... Theodore Ayrault Dodge Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1907 |
Napoleon; a History of the Art of War: From the beginning of the Peninsular ... Theodore Ayrault Dodge Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1907 |
Napoleon; a History of the Art of War: From the beginning of the Peninsular ... Theodore Ayrault Dodge Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1907 |
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Side 88 - But in case his mild and healing mediation should be again refused, he declared he would treat them as a conquered people, and place his brother on another throne. " I will, in that case, set the crown of Spain on my own head, and I shall know how to make it respected ; for God,'' concluded this extraordinary document, " has given me the power and the will to surmount all difficulties.
Side 356 - These circumstances, combined with the extreme fatigue of the troops, the want of provisions, and the number of wounded to be taken care of, have prevented me from moving from my position.
Side 165 - Austria arrived at my bivouac in Moravia ; you heard him implore my clemency, and swear an eternal friendship.
Side 701 - Sebastian were invested. Joseph's reign was over, the crown had fallen from his head, and after years of toils and combats which had been rather admired than understood, the English general, emerging from the chaos of the Peninsular struggle, stood on the summit of the Pyrenees a recognized conqueror. From those lofty pinnacles the clangor of his trumpets pealed clear and loud, and the splendor of his genius appeared as a flaming beacon to warring nations.
Side 693 - that discipline had deteriorated during the campaign in a greater degree than he had ever witnessed or ever read of in any army, and this without any disaster, any unusual privation or hardship save that of inclement weather ; that the officers had, from the first, lost all command over their men, and...
Side 280 - Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation.
Side 49 - Let us bear our triumphal eagles to the pillars of Hercules, there also we have injuries to avenge ! Soldiers ! you have surpassed the renown of modern armies, but have you yet equalled the glory of those Romans who, in one and the same campaign, were victorious upon the Rhine and the Euphrates, in Illyria and upon the Tagus! A long peace, a lasting prosperity, shall be the reward of your labours.
Side 565 - here is the battle you have longed for ; it is necessary, for it brings us plenty, good winter-quarters, and a safe return to France. Behave yourselves so that posterity may say of each of you, ' He was in that great battle under the walls of Moscow.
Side 49 - Rome, which, in the same campaign, triumphed on the Rhine and on the Euphrates, in Illyria and on the Tagus.