Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, with a Preliminary View of the French Revolution, Volume 1Cadell, 1835 |
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... defence than had been anticipated ; and though the events of war were at first unfavourable to them , yet at length the Grand Vizier obtained a victory before Rout- schouk , or at least gave the Russian general such a serious check as ...
... defence than had been anticipated ; and though the events of war were at first unfavourable to them , yet at length the Grand Vizier obtained a victory before Rout- schouk , or at least gave the Russian general such a serious check as ...
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... defence , which might extend the duty of military service still more widely among his subjects than was effected even by the conscription . As the measure was never but in one particular brought into gene- ral activity , it may be ...
... defence , which might extend the duty of military service still more widely among his subjects than was effected even by the conscription . As the measure was never but in one particular brought into gene- ral activity , it may be ...
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... defence , which , immense as they were , seemed scarcely adequate to the awful crisis in which he stood . General Lauriston had been despatched to Wilna , to com- municate definitively with Alexander . Count de Narbonne , already ...
... defence , which , immense as they were , seemed scarcely adequate to the awful crisis in which he stood . General Lauriston had been despatched to Wilna , to com- municate definitively with Alexander . Count de Narbonne , already ...
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... defence did not alter Barclay's resolution of evacuating the place . It might no doubt have been defended for several days more , but the Russian general feared that a protracted resistance on this advanced point might give Napoleon ...
... defence did not alter Barclay's resolution of evacuating the place . It might no doubt have been defended for several days more , but the Russian general feared that a protracted resistance on this advanced point might give Napoleon ...
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... defence ; an army of operation , not of position . The result was , they must advance on Moscow , possess them- selves of the capital , and there dictate a peace . " " 2 The language which Ségur has placed in the mouth of the Emperor ...
... defence ; an army of operation , not of position . The result was , they must advance on Moscow , possess them- selves of the capital , and there dictate a peace . " " 2 The language which Ségur has placed in the mouth of the Emperor ...
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