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A

CIRCUMSTANTIAL NARRATIVE

OF

The Campaign in Russia,

EMBELLISHED WITH PLANS

OF THE

BATTLES OF THE MOSKWA

AND

MALO-JAROSLAVITZ.

CONTAINING A

FAITHFUL DESCRIPTION OF THE AFFECTING AND
INTERESTING SCENES, OF WHICH THE AUTHOR
WAS AN EYE-WITNESS.

BY EUGENE LABAUME,

Captain of the Royal Geographical Engineers, Ex-Officer of the Ordnance
of Prince Eugene, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and
of the Iron Crown. Author of an Abridged
History of the Republic of Venice.

TRANSLATED FROM THE LATEST FRENCH EDITION.

THIRD EDITION, CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR SAMUEL LEIGH, IN THE STRAND,
BY W. CLOWES, NORTHUMBERLAND-COURT.

M,DCCC,XV.

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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

The official situation which the Author enjoyed under Prince Eugene enabled him to give a faithful history of the most extraordinary campaign that the annals of war record. His style is simple and unaffected; and though the descriptions which he gives often powerfully interest the feelings, and reach the heart, they bear not the least mark of exaggeration. His recital of the passage of the Wop, the Beresina, and the Niemen, yield not in genuine pathos to any real or fictitious narrative of ancient or modern times, while the simplicity and candour with which he writes are assured pledges of his fidelity. The accuracy and candour of the work have been acknowledged, not only by the French, but the Russians; and the voice of the public has unequivocally declared that of the numerous publications on the Campaign of Russia, this is the most interesting, and the most correct.

The later editions of Labaume were en

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