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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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rdshim. Its right was protected by amarsh, its centre strongly en-trenched, a strong redoubtmounting twenty-two gunsfrowned near the left centre,and the entire left wing wason lower ground, terminatingon the old ^loscow road, withtwo more redoubts before it.To turn that left wing, stormthe works, and drive the Rus-sians into the marshes on theopposite flank was the Em-perors plan, the battle provingone of the most murderousever fought by the GrandeArinec^ and kno^vn afterwardsby them as the Battle of theGenerals, from the numberwho fell there, or, officially,the Mosqua, from the riverflowing near—the Russiansnaming it after the village ofBorodino, where some of thehardest fighting took place. Marmonts aide - de - camparrived with the news of thatmarshals defeat at Salamanca,but the disaster was forgottenin another incident—namelv,the unexpected receipt of aportrait of Napoleon5 littleson, the King of Rome, whichhe showed to the grenadiersat his tent door. A proclamation was issued
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NArOLEON S ENTRY INTO .MOSCOW. 3U BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Battle of BORODINO. 1S12(Sept.7. 5 a.m.) 4^^ o 0 d s^ IXivout had his first horse killed under him asihe fighting became general. Compans division found itself before one ofthe enemys works, and Charriere, colonel of thefamous 7th, gave the simple command, To theredoubt ! the regiment running briskly forwardup the slope with a shout. Compans fell wounded, Dessaix had his armbroken a little later, and Rapp took command. Grape shot, grape shot—nothing but grapeshot! cried Bel-liard to the artil-lery, as a heavycolumn of Rus-sians poured<lown to resistthe attack.Within si.xtyminutes Rappwas hit fourtimes, the fourthtime on theleft hip—thetwenty - secondMound receivedin his excitingcareer; andwhile P o n i a^towski struggledAvith his weakcorps among thepine - trees onthe Russian left,Delzon advancedwith drums beat-ing, on the vil-lage of Boro-dino, wherePlauzonne was killed at the head of the Ii6th, and where the3

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