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... brigades , to which they were attached . The same praise is due to the King's German Legionaries , who from long association and natural aptitude had thoroughly acquired the spirit and method of the British . But the rest of the army ...
... brigades , to which they were attached . The same praise is due to the King's German Legionaries , who from long association and natural aptitude had thoroughly acquired the spirit and method of the British . But the rest of the army ...
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... brigades of his corps extended to the right as far as the Lys , and to the left in the direction of Mons . The first ... brigade of Cole's division at Ghent . Thus there were nearly 30,000 men on the right , that is , between the Dender ...
... brigades of his corps extended to the right as far as the Lys , and to the left in the direction of Mons . The first ... brigade of Cole's division at Ghent . Thus there were nearly 30,000 men on the right , that is , between the Dender ...
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... brigades occupied the road from that place towards Louvain , but one brigade was at Huy . The outposts were on the left bank of the Meuse , the most advanced being at Sossoye , communicating on its left with Thielemann , and on its ...
... brigades occupied the road from that place towards Louvain , but one brigade was at Huy . The outposts were on the left bank of the Meuse , the most advanced being at Sossoye , communicating on its left with Thielemann , and on its ...
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... brigades . He had included in his estimate of contingencies the very attack Napoleon was about to make , and he had prescribed to each brigade the course it should adopt . All he had to do , therefore , was to apprise Blucher of the ...
... brigades . He had included in his estimate of contingencies the very attack Napoleon was about to make , and he had prescribed to each brigade the course it should adopt . All he had to do , therefore , was to apprise Blucher of the ...
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... brigades were in motion , when the soldiers were startled by a report that Lieutenant - General Bour- mont , the commander of the division in advance , had deserted to the enemy . The report proved to be true . Bourmont and his staff ...
... brigades were in motion , when the soldiers were startled by a report that Lieutenant - General Bour- mont , the commander of the division in advance , had deserted to the enemy . The report proved to be true . Bourmont and his staff ...
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