Annual Register, 49. köideEdmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1809 |
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... attack in case of any disas . ter was to be apprehended from Austria . For this reason he still re- tained possession of the fortress of Brannau and an army of 40,000 men in Dalmatia , which might be strengthened by reinforcements from ...
... attack in case of any disas . ter was to be apprehended from Austria . For this reason he still re- tained possession of the fortress of Brannau and an army of 40,000 men in Dalmatia , which might be strengthened by reinforcements from ...
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... attack , by making one . In the distribution - of the French in their winter - quar ters , one of the corps into which the army was divided , under the com . mand of Bernadotte , prince of Ponte Corvo , took possession of Elbing , where ...
... attack , by making one . In the distribution - of the French in their winter - quar ters , one of the corps into which the army was divided , under the com . mand of Bernadotte , prince of Ponte Corvo , took possession of Elbing , where ...
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... attack the centre of the Russian army . The corps thus concentrated , were those of the marshals Davoust , Ney , Soult , and Augereau , computed to be a- bout 80,000 ; the imperial guard under marshal Bessieres , 15,000 strong , and the ...
... attack the centre of the Russian army . The corps thus concentrated , were those of the marshals Davoust , Ney , Soult , and Augereau , computed to be a- bout 80,000 ; the imperial guard under marshal Bessieres , 15,000 strong , and the ...
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... attack . But the grand duke of Berg fell upon them with several columns of the cavalry , and entered the town sword in hand . On February 3 , in the morning , the Russians were on the Lower Vistula , which they had de- termined to pass ...
... attack . But the grand duke of Berg fell upon them with several columns of the cavalry , and entered the town sword in hand . On February 3 , in the morning , the Russians were on the Lower Vistula , which they had de- termined to pass ...
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... attacked the French , February 3 , on the whole extent of their line , defeated them at all points , and drove the generals ... attack the cut - off column . The grand duke on the heights Waterdorf , fell in with seven or eig thousand of ...
... attacked the French , February 3 , on the whole extent of their line , defeated them at all points , and drove the generals ... attack the cut - off column . The grand duke on the heights Waterdorf , fell in with seven or eig thousand of ...
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