Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, with a Preliminary View of the French Revolution, Volume 1Cadell, 1835 |
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... leave Smolensk on their retreat towards Poland . -Cautious proceedings of Koutousoff . - The Viceroy's division is attacked by Miloradovitch , and effects a junc- PAGE 110 tion with Napoleon at Krasnoi , after severe loss . CONTENTS . iii.
... leave Smolensk on their retreat towards Poland . -Cautious proceedings of Koutousoff . - The Viceroy's division is attacked by Miloradovitch , and effects a junc- PAGE 110 tion with Napoleon at Krasnoi , after severe loss . CONTENTS . iii.
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Walter Scott. tion with Napoleon at Krasnoi , after severe loss . - Kou- tousoff attacks the French at Krasoni , but only by a distant cannonade . - The division under Davoust is re- united to Napoleon , but in a miserable state ...
Walter Scott. tion with Napoleon at Krasnoi , after severe loss . - Kou- tousoff attacks the French at Krasoni , but only by a distant cannonade . - The division under Davoust is re- united to Napoleon , but in a miserable state ...
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... Krasnoi , upon 14th August , where a remarkable action took place . This manoeuvre , which transferred the Emperor's line of operations from the Dwina to the Dnieper , has been much admired by French and Russian tacticians , but it has ...
... Krasnoi , upon 14th August , where a remarkable action took place . This manoeuvre , which transferred the Emperor's line of operations from the Dwina to the Dnieper , has been much admired by French and Russian tacticians , but it has ...
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... Krasnoi , leaving to Miloradowitch the duty of beating up the rear of the French on their retreat , by follow- ing the course of the high - road , while the Hettman Platoff , flanking the French march with his Cos sacks , took advantage ...
... Krasnoi , leaving to Miloradowitch the duty of beating up the rear of the French on their retreat , by follow- ing the course of the high - road , while the Hettman Platoff , flanking the French march with his Cos sacks , took advantage ...
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... Krasnoi , after severe loss . — Koutousoff at- tacks the French at Krasnoi , but only by a distant can- nonade . - The division under Davoust is reunited to Napoleon , but in a miserable state . - Napoleon marches to Liady ; and Mortier ...
... Krasnoi , after severe loss . — Koutousoff at- tacks the French at Krasnoi , but only by a distant can- nonade . - The division under Davoust is reunited to Napoleon , but in a miserable state . - Napoleon marches to Liady ; and Mortier ...
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