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Page 535
... less than might be imagined , and it served for the priming of a bulletin , issued on the 15th , announcing the approaching battle . On the 14th , Murat , who had been steadily withdrawing before the allied army of the south , was ...
... less than might be imagined , and it served for the priming of a bulletin , issued on the 15th , announcing the approaching battle . On the 14th , Murat , who had been steadily withdrawing before the allied army of the south , was ...
Page 544
... Less than a third of the 936,000 were ever organized , and not more than an eighth of them fought . This was due partly to official incapacity or worse , partly to popular resistance . It speaks volumes for the state of the country that ...
... Less than a third of the 936,000 were ever organized , and not more than an eighth of them fought . This was due partly to official incapacity or worse , partly to popular resistance . It speaks volumes for the state of the country that ...
Page 548
... less than 30,000 men , toward Arcis on the Aube ; Schwarzenberg was in and about Langres , and the French were concentrated on a line from Vitry - le- François to St. Dizier . Napoleon reached Châlons on the 26th , having left Joseph to ...
... less than 30,000 men , toward Arcis on the Aube ; Schwarzenberg was in and about Langres , and the French were concentrated on a line from Vitry - le- François to St. Dizier . Napoleon reached Châlons on the 26th , having left Joseph to ...
Page 550
... less than two to one , sometimes more . Had the allies thrown their full strength into the contest , the campaign would have ended there ; as it was , they gained nothing but a foolish self - confidence . They determined to advance on ...
... less than two to one , sometimes more . Had the allies thrown their full strength into the contest , the campaign would have ended there ; as it was , they gained nothing but a foolish self - confidence . They determined to advance on ...
Page 551
... less of reality and sincerity than in those before it and after Poischwitz . When Castlereagh arrived at the allied headquarters early in 1814 , he found the sovereigns and their ministers convinced that any peace with Napoleon would be ...
... less of reality and sincerity than in those before it and after Poischwitz . When Castlereagh arrived at the allied headquarters early in 1814 , he found the sovereigns and their ministers convinced that any peace with Napoleon would be ...
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