Identifier: battlesofninetee01forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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E NINETEENTH CENTURY. It was galhntly done : I saw it. replied the Emperor. But you are wounded. * It is nothing, sire : it is only a scratch. *■ It is another quartering of nobility, and I know of none that can be more illustrious. Immediately afterwards the young Count Apraxin, an officer of artillery who had been taken prisoner by the Chasseurs, was brought before Napoleon. He struggled, wept, and wrung his hands in despair, crying: I have lost my battery; I am dishonoured : would that I could part of the Guard, he entrusted the final crushing of the enemies who had been driven from the Pratzen plateau ; while he himself, with all of Soults corps, the remainder of his cavalry, infantry, and reserve artillery descended from the heights and threw himself on the rear of the Austro-Russian left near Telnitz and the lakes. This unfortunate wing—nearly 30,000 men—had in vain striven since the morning to force its way through Davcusts 10,000. Now, still checked in front and entangled in the narrow
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CHARGE OF THE CHEVALIER GUARDS. die I Napoleon tried to console and soothe himwith the words, Calm yourself, young man, and learn that there is never disgrace in being conquered by Frenchmen. The French army was now completely successful on its centre and left. In the distance could be seen, retiring towards Austerlitz, theremains of the Russian reserves, which had relinquished hope of regaining the central plateau and abandoned Buxhowdens Aving toits fate. Their retreat was harassed by the artillery of the Imperial Guard, whose fire ploughed through their long columns, carrying with it death and consternation. Napoleon left to Murat and Lannes the completion of their own victory. To Bernadotte, with the greater roads by the Goldbach and the lakes, it found itself in hopeless confusion, attacked andravaged with fire from three sides simultaneously by Davoust, Soult, Duroc with his Grenadiers and Vandamme. It fought with agallantry and sternness which drew forth theadmiration of its enemies,

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