Life of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington ...H.G. Bohn, 1845 |
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Page 151 - You have sent me, among the trophies of your unrivalled fame, the staff of a French marshal, and I send you, in return, that of England.
Page 456 - Billow upon the enemy's flank was a most decisive one; and, even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented...
Page 417 - It is not, however, the grandeur of military success which has alone fixed our admiration, or commanded our applause: it has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know that the day of battle was always a day of victory ; that moral courage and enduring fortitude, which, in perilous times, when gloom and doubt had beset ordinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken ; and that ascendancy of character, which, uniting the energies of...
Page 454 - PIECES OF CANNON, with their ammunition, which fell into our hands. I continued the pursuit till long after dark, and then discontinued it, only on account of the fatigue of our troops, who had been engaged during twelve hours, and because I found myself on the same road with Marshal Blucher, who assured me of his intention to follow the enemy throughout the night.
Page 321 - Lestrade, and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me hear of any fresh, developments of so singular a chain of events.
Page 450 - Bruxelles, and on the same evening, the 15th, attacked a brigade of the army of the Netherlands, under the Prince de Weimar, posted at Frasne, and forced it back to the farmhouse on the same road, called Les Quatre Bras.
Page 499 - You will have heard of our battle of the 18th. Never did I see such a pounding match. Both were what the boxers call gluttons. Napoleon did not manœuvre at all. He just moved forward in the old style, in columns, and was driven off in the old style.
Page 211 - Due de Berri ; and as the answer will involve the discussion of some military and political questions, upon which you may wish to know my opinion, and upon which Government must determine, and as I write with more facility in English than in French, I think it best to write it to your Lordship, and to refer the Due de Berri to you.
Page 555 - To THE BELGIANS AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE LEFT BANK OF THE RHINE. " The ephemeral success of my enemies detached you for a moment from my Empire. In my exile, upon a rock in the sea, I heard your complaint...
Page 566 - Planchenoit, which he had on his rear, and which was defended by the guard, was, after several bloody attacks, carried by storm. From that time the retreat became a rout, which soon spread through the whole French army, and, in its dreadful confusion, hurrying away every thing that attempted to stop it, soon assumed the appearance of the flight of an army of barbarians.