Memoirs of Marshal Ney, المجلد 2Bull and Churton, 1833 |
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... interests , that the very existence of the war may be unknown to nations who have suddenly found them- selves involved in all its horrors . " So long as such a system prevails , and the blood and treasure of a populous and powerful ...
... interests , that the very existence of the war may be unknown to nations who have suddenly found them- selves involved in all its horrors . " So long as such a system prevails , and the blood and treasure of a populous and powerful ...
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... proved very prejudicial to its discipline . Some of its soldiers had shrunk , not indeed from the enemy , but from the annoyances of a faction whom they considered hostile to the best interests of their MARSHAL NEY . 29.
... proved very prejudicial to its discipline . Some of its soldiers had shrunk , not indeed from the enemy , but from the annoyances of a faction whom they considered hostile to the best interests of their MARSHAL NEY . 29.
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whom they considered hostile to the best interests of their country . These soldiers had accordingly deserted their post . Others of the men committed each day the most culpable excesses . Although now abundantly supplied with ...
whom they considered hostile to the best interests of their country . These soldiers had accordingly deserted their post . Others of the men committed each day the most culpable excesses . Although now abundantly supplied with ...
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... interest at head quarters in favour of these two officers ; justice had been done to neither . The valour of Lieutenant Daiker , and the talents of Captain Guy Descoutes , had been equally disregarded . Both were in that mood of mind so ...
... interest at head quarters in favour of these two officers ; justice had been done to neither . The valour of Lieutenant Daiker , and the talents of Captain Guy Descoutes , had been equally disregarded . Both were in that mood of mind so ...
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... interests . This might be true ; but , as the cabinet of St. Cloud observed , if a long suspension of hostilities were prejudicial to Great Britain , a lengthened armistice was not less so to France . The then state of things must ...
... interests . This might be true ; but , as the cabinet of St. Cloud observed , if a long suspension of hostilities were prejudicial to Great Britain , a lengthened armistice was not less so to France . The then state of things must ...
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الصفحة 87 - Providence which, in the midst of so many shocks, has always watched over the existence and independence of your nation, and that this mediation is the only means of saving both. For indeed it is time you should see, that if the patriotism and union of your ancestors founded your republic, the bad spirit of your factions, if it continue, will infallibly destroy it ; painful would it be to think, that at a period when several new republics have arisen, destiny had marked out die termination and fall...
الصفحة 14 - French republic has personally given so many proofs of his eagerness to put an end to the calamities of war, and of his disposition to maintain the rigid observance of all treaties concluded.
الصفحة 372 - ... must be exercised in the choice of positions and encampments, whether for offensive or defensive operations." It is in this view that it is asked, how camps of exercise should be constituted, so as to form an army, not only for field movement, to captivate the eye, but for absolute practical, habitual, work of war? The system might commence at the Royal Military Colleges, where, in addition to the usual instruction...
الصفحة 424 - Venetian territory, not occupied by the troops of his Majesty the .Emperor of the French and King of Italy.
الصفحة 212 - ... receive yours from those of gratitude. Let it be transmitted to your descendants, and may your virtues be perpetuated upon earth with your name ! As for us, General Consul, full of love of our country and of attachment to your person, we devote our existence to the defence of both.7 But the forms of republicanism had to be preserved.
الصفحة 211 - ... evils which could desolate a nation. You have appeared, Citizen General, radiant with glory and surpassing genius, and suddenly the storms have blown away. Victory has placed you at the helm of government; justice and peace are seated by your side. The recollection of...
الصفحة 69 - Louisa Augine, a lovely and amiable girl, the intimate friend of Madame Louis Bonaparte, 17* and the daughter of a former receiver-general, whose fortune had been greatly reduced by the Revolution, and who now resided at the chateau of Grignon. In the same village dwelt an old couple who had been married half a century. Ney presented them with clothes, and made them receive the usual renewal of their nuptial benediction at the same time that his own marriage was celebrated.
الصفحة 211 - The recollection of our misfortunes was already beginning to be effaced, and all the feelings of the French people were about to merge into that of gratitude alone, when a dreadful event has shown them the new dangers which they are about to encounter.
الصفحة 221 - ... rendered sacred ; to combat by every means which reason, justice, and law, allow, all attempts to re-establish the feudal regime ; in short, you swear to co-operate with all your might in the maintenance of liberty and equality : do you swear it?" This oath was taken with enthusiasm ; and the emperor continued : " You, soldiers, severally swear to defend at the peril of your lives the honor of the French name, your country, and the institutions and laws by which it is governed?