Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, with a Preliminary View of the French Revolution, Volume 1Cadell, 1835 |
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... rear , otherwise his main body must necessarily be deprived of its com- munications , and probably cut off . The base , therefore , contains the supplies and depots of the army . of the campaign not to fight the French forces , 1812 ...
... rear , otherwise his main body must necessarily be deprived of its com- munications , and probably cut off . The base , therefore , contains the supplies and depots of the army . of the campaign not to fight the French forces , 1812 ...
Page 64
... rear as he advanced to Wilna . To execute this plan be- came impossible , so much greater was the invading army than the Russians had anticipated . On the contrary , the French were able to protect the flank of their advance against ...
... rear as he advanced to Wilna . To execute this plan be- came impossible , so much greater was the invading army than the Russians had anticipated . On the contrary , the French were able to protect the flank of their advance against ...
Page 65
... rear . It was concluded , that Bagration , cut off from the grand army , and attack- ed at once by Jerome and Davoust , must necessa- rily surrender or be destroyed . VOL . XIV . E Having thus detached very superior forces against the ...
... rear . It was concluded , that Bagration , cut off from the grand army , and attack- ed at once by Jerome and Davoust , must necessa- rily surrender or be destroyed . VOL . XIV . E Having thus detached very superior forces against the ...
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... rear , instead of moving northward by his right flank , and thus to make his way towards the Dwina , either through Ostrowno and Minsk , or by the forebodings , the tendency to corpulence by which his frame was now distinguished , the ...
... rear , instead of moving northward by his right flank , and thus to make his way towards the Dwina , either through Ostrowno and Minsk , or by the forebodings , the tendency to corpulence by which his frame was now distinguished , the ...
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... rear . To prevent this misfortune , Barclay suspended his march in front , and began by a flank movement to extend his right wing , for the purpose of covering Smolensk . This error , for such it was , led to his advanced guard , who ...
... rear . To prevent this misfortune , Barclay suspended his march in front , and began by a flank movement to extend his right wing , for the purpose of covering Smolensk . This error , for such it was , led to his advanced guard , who ...
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