The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Wellington ... with Copious Details and Delineations, Historical, Political, and Military, of the Various Important Services in which He Has Been Engaged in ...J. and J. Cundee ..., [181-?], 1814 - Generals |
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Page 371
... Marmont gradually retired , maintaining however a very brisk fire , and giving occasion for some very bold and suc- cessful attacks on his rear , principally by the Cossacks , who displayed the greatest intrepidity , and also ex ...
... Marmont gradually retired , maintaining however a very brisk fire , and giving occasion for some very bold and suc- cessful attacks on his rear , principally by the Cossacks , who displayed the greatest intrepidity , and also ex ...
Page 456
... Marmont and Mortier who had been retiring before Marshal Blucher , were moving down towards Vi- try , to connect ... Marmont's advance was within a very short distance , on the night of the 24th to Vitry , without the enemy's knowing it ...
... Marmont and Mortier who had been retiring before Marshal Blucher , were moving down towards Vi- try , to connect ... Marmont's advance was within a very short distance , on the night of the 24th to Vitry , without the enemy's knowing it ...
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... Marmont contained a letter , dated April 3 , from the Prince of Schwartzenberg to Marmont , invit- ing him to accede to the decree by which Napoleon Buonaparte was declared to have forfeited the throne , and to pass with his troops ...
... Marmont contained a letter , dated April 3 , from the Prince of Schwartzenberg to Marmont , invit- ing him to accede to the decree by which Napoleon Buonaparte was declared to have forfeited the throne , and to pass with his troops ...
Contents
Don Carlos Doyle | 20 |
Passage of the Adour | 383 |
Entre into Bourdeaux | 419 |
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