History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC.LXXXIX. to the Restoration of the Bourbons in M.DCCC.XV.William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London., 1843 |
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... Positions of the French on the Vistula- And of the Russians - Their dispositions , and evacuation of Warsaw - They resume the offensive - Proclamation of Alexander to the Soldiers - Application for aid in men and money to England - Its ...
... Positions of the French on the Vistula- And of the Russians - Their dispositions , and evacuation of Warsaw - They resume the offensive - Proclamation of Alexander to the Soldiers - Application for aid in men and money to England - Its ...
Pagina 32
... position of the Russians , and the plain which it was necessary to pass before arriving at the river . Covered with woods , intersected by marshes , it was almost as difficult to traverse as the field works , which were bristling with ...
... position of the Russians , and the plain which it was necessary to pass before arriving at the river . Covered with woods , intersected by marshes , it was almost as difficult to traverse as the field works , which were bristling with ...
Pagina 33
... position forced , gave orders for concen- trating his forces towards Poltusk ; and the Allies accordingly fell back at all points . They were vi- gorously pursued by the French , and another despe- rate conflict took place in front of ...
... position forced , gave orders for concen- trating his forces towards Poltusk ; and the Allies accordingly fell back at all points . They were vi- gorously pursued by the French , and another despe- rate conflict took place in front of ...
Pagina 34
... position of PULTUSK , with all the troops which he had at his disposal . Nothing could be more acceptable to the Russians , to whom the fatigues and privations of a retreat , at a season when sixteen hours out of the twenty - four were ...
... position of PULTUSK , with all the troops which he had at his disposal . Nothing could be more acceptable to the Russians , to whom the fatigues and privations of a retreat , at a season when sixteen hours out of the twenty - four were ...
Pagina 36
... position of Pultusk is the only one in that Descrip- country where the ground is so far cleared of wood as to permit of any considerable armies combating each other in a proper field of battle . An open and positions cultivated plain on ...
... position of Pultusk is the only one in that Descrip- country where the ground is so far cleared of wood as to permit of any considerable armies combating each other in a proper field of battle . An open and positions cultivated plain on ...
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allies arms arrived artillery attack Augereau Austerlitz bank battalions battle of Eylau Benningsen Berlin Decree Bernadotte Bign blockade British Buxhowden campaign cavalry CHAP colonies combat command commenced contest corps Cossacks danger Dantzic Davoust decree divisions Doctoroff effect empire enemy engaged England English Europe Eylau favour field of battle force fortresses France French Emperor front frontier Golymin Government Grand Army horse hostilities hundred Imperial Guard important infantry Kamenskoi Konigsberg Lannes Lestocq Lord loss Marshal Marshal Ney's measure ment military Moldavia Murat Napoleon Narew nation negroes numbers orders Parl Passarge period pieces of cannon Poland Polish Prince Pultusk rear retreat Russian army Russian right sian side Silesia slave trade soldiers Soult squadrons St Petersburg success thousand strong Tilsit tion town treaty treaty of Tilsit troops Turkish victory Vistula Warsaw whole Wilson winter XLIV XLVI XLVII xvii xviii
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Pagina 135 - Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King.
Pagina 674 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me;" — and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Pagina 135 - Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though billmen ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell.
Pagina 675 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Pagina 675 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! SONG.
Pagina 256 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Pagina 215 - If ever the free institutions of America are destroyed, that event may be attributed to the unlimited authority of the majority, which may at some future time urge the minorities to desperation, and oblige them to have recourse to physical force. Anarchy will then be the result, but it will have been brought about by despotism.
Pagina 660 - SOUTHBY, i. 499. In the midst of this disgraceful scene of unbridled license and military devastation, there is one trait of heroic presence of mind, which in some degree redeems the character of the British soldier. Several thousand infantry slept in the long galleries of an immense convent built round a square ; the...
Pagina 570 - All that I can say upon that subject is, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to insure its success; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one moment sooner than they ought to be commenced, in order that I may acquire the credit of the success.
Pagina 181 - France, prohibiting all trade in any articles the produce or manufacture of his majesty's dominions ; and the merchants of those countries have given countenance and effect to those prohibitions, by accepting from persons styling themselves commercial agents of the enemy, resident at neutral ports, certain...