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... close to the frontier . Their object was twofold . It was their duty to be prepared for an attack , should Napoleon think it expedient to strike the first blow , and at the same time to be ready to cross the frontier at the first signal ...
... close to the frontier . Their object was twofold . It was their duty to be prepared for an attack , should Napoleon think it expedient to strike the first blow , and at the same time to be ready to cross the frontier at the first signal ...
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... . Thus the Prussian right overlapped the British left , for Ziethen's detachments were posted close to Binche in communication with the Dutch - Belgian divisions can- toned 46 THE ARMY RESTORES THE EMPEROR . [ BOOK I.
... . Thus the Prussian right overlapped the British left , for Ziethen's detachments were posted close to Binche in communication with the Dutch - Belgian divisions can- toned 46 THE ARMY RESTORES THE EMPEROR . [ BOOK I.
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... close to a fron- tier over which their patrols could not pass , behind which an enemy might suddenly collect at any point , from which he might strike an equally sudden blow . They were , on the 14th of June , performing the duty ...
... close to a fron- tier over which their patrols could not pass , behind which an enemy might suddenly collect at any point , from which he might strike an equally sudden blow . They were , on the 14th of June , performing the duty ...
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... close on his northern frontier , and therefore he kept four corps and a mass of cavalry be- tween the Meuse and the Lys , one on the Moselle , and the Imperial Guard at Paris . These , combined , were destined to form the fighting , or ...
... close on his northern frontier , and therefore he kept four corps and a mass of cavalry be- tween the Meuse and the Lys , one on the Moselle , and the Imperial Guard at Paris . These , combined , were destined to form the fighting , or ...
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... close as possible to the frontier , but not actually upon it ; and his array , therefore , in great measure conformed to the frontier - not the frontier as it now exists , but as it was settled in 1814. The first and second corps were ...
... close as possible to the frontier , but not actually upon it ; and his array , therefore , in great measure conformed to the frontier - not the frontier as it now exists , but as it was settled in 1814. The first and second corps were ...
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Allies Amand arrived artillery attack battalions batteries battle Belle Alliance Blucher brigade British Brussels Bulow centre Chambers Charleroi Charleroi road Charras Colonel columns commanded corps cuirassiers D'Erlon despatch directed division Dragoons Duke Dutch-Belgian Dyle Emperor enemy Europe fight fire flank Fleurus force Fouché France Frasne French army front frontier Gembloux Gemioncourt Genappe Gérard Grouchy guns Halkett halted Hanoverian Haye Sainte head-quarters hedges horse horsemen Hougoumont Hussars Imperial Guard infantry La Belle Alliance La Haye Sainte light cavalry Ligny Lobau Major-General Meuse Mont St morning moved movement Namur Namur road Napo Napoleon National Guards Nivelles road o'clock occupied officers outposts Paris Picton Pirch Planchenoit Portrait position Prince of Orange Prussian army Quatre Bras rear regiments Reille retreat ridge right bank rode Sambre sent side skirmishers slope soldiers Sombref Soult squadrons strength Thielemann tion Trans troops Vandamme village vols Waterloo Wavre Wellington whole Ziethen
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