A circumstantial narrative of the campaign in Russia, tr. [by E. Boyce].1814 |
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... distance which formerly separated them , had likewise separated their interests ; but the conquests of France , having rendered her a neighbour of Russia , every thing presaged that a terrible struggle must soon take place between those ...
... distance which formerly separated them , had likewise separated their interests ; but the conquests of France , having rendered her a neighbour of Russia , every thing presaged that a terrible struggle must soon take place between those ...
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... distance . The King of Westphalia , with the fifth , seventh , and eighth corps , directed his march to Grodno , up the Narew , and facing the army of Prince Bagration . The pontoons under the orders of General Eblé , arrived the same ...
... distance . The King of Westphalia , with the fifth , seventh , and eighth corps , directed his march to Grodno , up the Narew , and facing the army of Prince Bagration . The pontoons under the orders of General Eblé , arrived the same ...
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... distance of six hundred leagues from their native soil , preserve the same order and the same appearance as if manoeuvring in front of his palace . Scarcely had we reached the opposite shore when we appeared to breathe a new air ...
... distance of six hundred leagues from their native soil , preserve the same order and the same appearance as if manoeuvring in front of his palace . Scarcely had we reached the opposite shore when we appeared to breathe a new air ...
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... us , was highly unpleasant and uncomfortable . We did not meet with any straw to sleep upon ; and even the forage for the horses was procured from a distance of about four leagues . As it was probable that we should stay at Troki 34 WILNA .
... us , was highly unpleasant and uncomfortable . We did not meet with any straw to sleep upon ; and even the forage for the horses was procured from a distance of about four leagues . As it was probable that we should stay at Troki 34 WILNA .
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... distance from Sou- botniki . The Viceroy was obliged to stop there , the bad roads having impeded the progress of the thirteenth and fourteenth divisions , as well as the Italian corps , therefore we had nothing but the light cavalry ...
... distance from Sou- botniki . The Viceroy was obliged to stop there , the bad roads having impeded the progress of the thirteenth and fourteenth divisions , as well as the Italian corps , therefore we had nothing but the light cavalry ...
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Page 348 - ... If a stranger, pierced with the cold, endeavoured to approach a fire, those to whom it belonged inhumanly drove him away ; or if, tormented with raging thirst, any one asked for a single drop of water from another who carried a full supply, the refusal was accompanied by the vilest abuse. We often heard those who had once been friends, and whose education had been liberal, bitterly disputing with each other for a little straw, or a piece of horse-flesh, which they were attempting to divide. This...
Page 354 - In the heat of the engagement many balls flew over the miserable crowd which was yet pressing across the bridge of the Beresina. Some shells burst in the midst of them. Terror and despair then took possession of every heart.
Page 348 - They whom fatigue, or ignorance of the impending danger, rendered less eager to cross the river, were endeavouring to kindle a fire, and repose their wearied limbs. We had too frequently occasion to observe, in these encampments, to what a degree of brutality excess of misery would debase human nature. In one place we saw several of the soldiers fighting for a morsel of bread. If a stranger, pierced with the cold, endeavoured to approach a fire, those to whom it belonged inhumanly drove him away;...
Page 200 - ... poor wretches perished. A few who still lingered, were seen crawling, half burnt, amongst the smoking ruins; and others, groaning under heaps of dead bodies, endeavoured in vain to extricate themselves from the horrible destruction which surrounded them. How shall I describe the confusion and tumult when permission was granted to pillage this immense city! Soldiers, sutlers, galley-slaves, and prostitutes, eagerly ran through the streets, penetrating into the deserted palaces, and carrying away...
Page 186 - Although Moscow had been entered by some of our troops the preceding day, so extensive and so deserted was the town, that no soldier had yet penetrated into the quarter which we were to occupy. The most intrepid minds were affected by this loneliness. The streets were so long, that our cavalry could not recognize each other from the opposite extremities.
Page 356 - The strongest threw into the river those who were weaker, and hindered their passage, or unfeelingly trampled under foot all the sick whom they found in their way. Many hundreds were crushed to death by the wheels of the cannon. Others, hoping to save themselves by swimming, were frozen in the...
Page 351 - ... to arrive at the river. Some, who were buried in these horrible heaps, still breathed, and struggling with the agonies of death, caught hold of those who mounted over them; but these kicked them with violence, to disengage themselves, and, without remorse, trod them under foot.
Page 201 - Towards evening, when Napoleon no longer thought himself safe in a city, the ruin of which seemed inevitable, he left the Kremlin, and established himself, with his suite, in the castle at Peterskoe.
Page 187 - Approaching however, towards the centre of the town, and especially in the neighborhood of the Bazar, we began to see some inhabitants assembled around the Kremlin. These deluded beings, deceived by a national tradition, had believed that this citadel was impregnable, and had attempted the preceding day to defend it for an instant against our valiant legions. Dismayed by their defeat, they contemplated with tears, those lofty towers which they had hitherto regarded as the palladium of their city....
Page 345 - Bohr and Kraupki, where fatigue compelled us to halt. The days were so short, that although we made but little progress, we were obliged to march during part of the night. It was from this cause that so many unhappy wretches wandered from their regiments, and were lost. Arriving very late at the encampments, where all the corps were confounded together, they could not distinguish or learn the situation of the regiment to • * which they belonged. After having marched the who>le day, they were often...