Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart, the Second and Third Marquesses of Londonderry; with Annals of Contemporary Events in which They Bore a Part, from the Original Papers of the Family, Volume 2W. Blackwood and Sons, 1861 - Great Britain |
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... tion ; and the Austrians had held out assurances that these would be joined by 120,000 troops of their nation . But though their total array in arms in Bohemia was little short of that amount , yet the proportion of it cap- able of ...
... tion ; and the Austrians had held out assurances that these would be joined by 120,000 troops of their nation . But though their total array in arms in Bohemia was little short of that amount , yet the proportion of it cap- able of ...
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... tion had been given up , for , ' said he , its fortifications are in good repair , and within the town , as well as in the faubourg , houses have been loopholed . There is a garri- son of 35,000 men ; but , notwithstanding this , if ...
... tion had been given up , for , ' said he , its fortifications are in good repair , and within the town , as well as in the faubourg , houses have been loopholed . There is a garri- son of 35,000 men ; but , notwithstanding this , if ...
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... tion from had written . He reported that Dresden was environed the 25th . on the whole left bank of the Elbe by an immense army , amply supplied with a formidable artillery , and that it could not hold out beyond another day without the ...
... tion from had written . He reported that Dresden was environed the 25th . on the whole left bank of the Elbe by an immense army , amply supplied with a formidable artillery , and that it could not hold out beyond another day without the ...
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... tion , and arrived with his leading division at the entrance of the defile of Nieder Crain just as the French horse were overthrown on the plateau opposite . He immediately united his men to the reserve of Sebastiani and entered the ...
... tion , and arrived with his leading division at the entrance of the defile of Nieder Crain just as the French horse were overthrown on the plateau opposite . He immediately united his men to the reserve of Sebastiani and entered the ...
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... tion , discouraged , and in a great part broken up , having lost altogether its communications with Dresden , and sur- rounded on all sides by clouds of light horse , which seriously interrupted its supplies . On the 5th he com- menced ...
... tion , discouraged , and in a great part broken up , having lost altogether its communications with Dresden , and sur- rounded on all sides by clouds of light horse , which seriously interrupted its supplies . On the 5th he com- menced ...
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abandon advance Allied army Allied Grand Army Allied sovereigns Army of Silesia arrived artillery attack Austrian avait battle Benningsen Berlin Bernadotte Blucher Bohemia Bout campaign Cath Cathcart Caulaincourt cavalry centre CHAP columns combat command commenced corps Crown Prince cuirassiers Culm decisive defeat defile disaster division Dresden Düben Elbe enemy enemy's Europe Fain flank force fortresses France French army French Emperor front garrisons Général Germany Gossa guns headquarters horse infantry Köthen Lauriston Leipsic Lond Lord Castle Lord Castlereagh loss Macdonald Marm Marmont Marshal Marshal Marmont Meerfeldt ment military movement Murat Napoleon orders Oudinot Paris peace Pirna Plotho position Prince Royal prisoners Probstheyda qu'il reagh rear reserve retire retreat Rhine road Russian Russian Guard Saxon Schwartzenberg Sept side Silesia Sir Charles Stewart St Cyr success Thiers tion Töplitz Torgau troops Vandamme Vaud victory village Wachau whole xvii Young Guard Zörbig
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