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Page 531
... FRANCE - NAPOLEON'S SUPREME EFFORT THE GREAT CAPTAIN AT BAY . THE GRAY OVERCOAT . POLITICS AND STRATEGY . THROUG the 27th revealed a perfect knowledge of the enemy's rout ; yet the burden of their conver- sation was execration of the ...
... FRANCE - NAPOLEON'S SUPREME EFFORT THE GREAT CAPTAIN AT BAY . THE GRAY OVERCOAT . POLITICS AND STRATEGY . THROUG the 27th revealed a perfect knowledge of the enemy's rout ; yet the burden of their conver- sation was execration of the ...
Page 532
... France , feared to defeat a French army , and had suggested abandoning the Prussian capi- tal . But the Prussians were outraged , and a show of resistance was imperative . On August 22 a few skirmishes occurred , and the next day Bülow ...
... France , feared to defeat a French army , and had suggested abandoning the Prussian capi- tal . But the Prussians were outraged , and a show of resistance was imperative . On August 22 a few skirmishes occurred , and the next day Bülow ...
Page 534
... France . Boys like these had won Lützen , Bautzen , and Dresden , and a large minority would be able - bodied men , late in maturing , perhaps , but strong . With this preliminary blare of trumpets , a letter was sent to General Bubna ...
... France . Boys like these had won Lützen , Bautzen , and Dresden , and a large minority would be able - bodied men , late in maturing , perhaps , but strong . With this preliminary blare of trumpets , a letter was sent to General Bubna ...
Page 539
... France against the Hapsburgs ; Austria was not yet banished to the lower courses of the Danube , but Prussia was launched upon her career of military ag- ENGRAVED BY M. HAIDER . grandizement . Three dynasties seemed in that battle to ...
... France against the Hapsburgs ; Austria was not yet banished to the lower courses of the Danube , but Prussia was launched upon her career of military ag- ENGRAVED BY M. HAIDER . grandizement . Three dynasties seemed in that battle to ...
Page 540
... France ; Würtemberg , Hesse Darmstadt , and Baden followed Bavaria's example ; and Cassel , Brunswick , Hanover , and Oldenberg were craftily restored to their former rulers be- fore Stein's bureau could establish an admin- istration ...
... France ; Würtemberg , Hesse Darmstadt , and Baden followed Bavaria's example ; and Cassel , Brunswick , Hanover , and Oldenberg were craftily restored to their former rulers be- fore Stein's bureau could establish an admin- istration ...
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