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... of Napo- leon and Blucher , to examine the motley mass under Wellington , we cannot wonder at the contempt with which its chief spoke of it in various letters . Mr. p . 36 . 438 . Hooper has quoted aptly 64 WATERLOO LECTURES .
... of Napo- leon and Blucher , to examine the motley mass under Wellington , we cannot wonder at the contempt with which its chief spoke of it in various letters . Mr. p . 36 . 438 . Hooper has quoted aptly 64 WATERLOO LECTURES .
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... letter of the 2nd June , in which he expressly calculates the number of men with which the Prussians were to invade France as ' twice as many ' as his own . Yet his force was nearly equal to Blucher's in number ; and even if we reckon ...
... letter of the 2nd June , in which he expressly calculates the number of men with which the Prussians were to invade France as ' twice as many ' as his own . Yet his force was nearly equal to Blucher's in number ; and even if we reckon ...
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... letter , Doc . X. , where it is repub- lished ) . Napoleon , Ney soon followed Bachelu and Piré in Thi . xx . their northward march . Before , however , he had overtaken them they had met the first troops seen by the French of ...
... letter , Doc . X. , where it is repub- lished ) . Napoleon , Ney soon followed Bachelu and Piré in Thi . xx . their northward march . Before , however , he had overtaken them they had met the first troops seen by the French of ...
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... letter made no mention of actual hosti- Ibid . lities , he put off the execution of these second in- structions till next day , promising to be at Hannut by noon of the 16th . But Hannut is twenty - five miles from Ligny , where his ...
... letter made no mention of actual hosti- Ibid . lities , he put off the execution of these second in- structions till next day , promising to be at Hannut by noon of the 16th . But Hannut is twenty - five miles from Ligny , where his ...
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... letter from Soult , to put his troops in motion for Trois Bras [ Quatre Bras ] , take up a position there , and reconnoitre the Brussels and Nivelles roads . If it should not be inconve- nient , ' he was further to push a division and ...
... letter from Soult , to put his troops in motion for Trois Bras [ Quatre Bras ] , take up a position there , and reconnoitre the Brussels and Nivelles roads . If it should not be inconve- nient , ' he was further to push a division and ...
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