Political and Military History of the Campaign of WaterlooVan Nostrand, 1864 - 227 páginas |
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allies Amand arms army arrival artillery assembly attack authority battalions battle battle of Waterloo Benjamin Constant Blucher Bourbons brigade Brussels Bulow cannon causeway cavalry centre Charleroi charter cloth columns command constitutional cuirassiers d'Erlon's d'Erlon's corps debouched declaration deputies direction division Duke elective monarchy emperor empire enemy enemy's English Europe executed Flahaut Fleurus forces formed Fouché France Frasne French Gembloux Genape Gérard give Gosselies Grouchy Grouchy's guard Haie Sainte Hougomont infantry institutions instruction interest king laws Ligny Lobau Louis XVIII manœuvre Marshal Ney Marshal Soult masses military ministers monarchy morning movement Namur Napo Napoleon nation necessary Ney's night o'clock officers Paris Pirch's poleon political portion position present prince Prussian Quatre-Bras rear regiments Reille Reille's corps render reserve retreat Sambre soldiers Sombref sovereigns success Thielmann's throne tion troops Vandamme victory Vienna Waterloo Wavre Wellington wing wished Ziethen
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Página 196 - Circumstances appear to me changed. I offer myself as a sacrifice to the hatred of the. enemies of France. May they prove sincere in their declarations, and have really directed them only against my power ! My political life is terminated, and I proclaim my son, under the title of Napoleon II., Emperor of the French.
Página 203 - I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British People. I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.