Story of the Battle of WaterlooHarper & brothers, 1847 - 310 |
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advance Allied Amand arrived artillery assailants attack battalions batteries battle began Blücher brigade British Brussels Bülow cannon cannonade cavalry centre charge Charleroi road column command comrades covered cuirassiers D'Erlon's direction dispatch division Duke of Wellington Dutch-Belgian Dyle Emperor enemy enemy's English fell field fire flank Fleurus force formed France front gallant Genappe Grouchy ground Guard guns halted Hanoverian Haye Sainte head heights horse horsemen Hougomont hour hussars inclosures infantry King's German Legion La Haye Sainte lancers latter Lieut Ligny Lord Lord Uxbridge masses Meanwhile Mont St morning moved movement Namur Napoleon night Nivelles numbers o'clock occupied officers Paris passed Pirch position Prince Blücher Prince of Orange Prussian army Quatre Bras rear regiment retreat ridge rode Sambre seemed sent side skirmishers slope Soignies soldiers Sombref soon squadrons stood Thielmann tirailleurs took troops village Waterloo Wavre whole wood wounded Zieten
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Strona 250 - I cannot express to you the regret and sorrow with which I look round me, and contemplate the loss which I have sustained, particularly in your brother. The glory resulting from such actions, so dearly bought, is no consolation to me, and I cannot suggest it as any to you and his friends ; but I hope that it may be expected that this last one has been so decisive, as that no doubt remains that our exertions and our individual losses will be rewarded by the early attainment of our just object.
Strona 56 - The Saxons, the Belgians, the Hanoverians, the soldiers of the Confederation of the Rhine, lament that they are compelled to use their arms in the cause of the princes, the enemies of justice and of the rights of all nations. They know that this coalition is insatiable. After having devoured twelve millions of Poles, twelve millions of Italians, one million of Saxons...
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Strona 289 - ... Frenchmen ! — In commencing war for maintaining the national independence, I relied on the union of all efforts, of all wills, and the concurrence of all the national authorities. I had reason to hope for success, and I braved all the declarations of the powers against me. " Circumstances appear to me changed.
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Strona 289 - My political life is terminated, and I proclaim my son, under the title of Napoleon II., Emperor of the French.
Strona 301 - Private persons and property shall be equally respected. The inhabitants, and in general all individuals who shall be in the capital, shall continue to enjoy their rights and liberties without being disturbed or called to account, either as to the situations which they hold or may have held, or as to their conduct or political opinions.
Strona 301 - The military and those holding employments, to whom the foregoing article relates, shall be at liberty, immediately after their recovery, to rejoin the corps to which they belong. Art. VI. The wives and children of all individuals belonging to the French army, shall be at liberty to remain in Paris.
Strona 170 - The Prussians will be ready again in the morning for anything. Pray keep the English quiet if you can. Let them all prepare to move, but neither be in a hurry or a fright, as all will yet turn out well.