ISBN: 9781236559883

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RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 194 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: . . . The valiant Polish General Dombrowski hastened to defend a place, in the loss of which the Emperors safety must stand completely compromised. The battle began about daybreak on the 21st November, and, after severe fighting, Lambert obtained possession of Borizoff, after a victory, in which Dombrowski lost eight cannon, and 2500 prisoners. The Admiral Tchitchagoff removed his headquarters thither, as directed by the combined plan for farther operations. While Tchitchagoff marched eastward to his place of destination on the Beresina, Sacken, whom he had left in Volhynia, sensible of the importance of the service destined for the admiral, made every exertion to draw the whole attention of Schwartzenberg and Regnier upon himself. In this daring and generous scheme he completely succeeded. As the forces of the Austrian and the French generals were separated from each other, Sacken marched against Regnier, and not only surprised, but nearly made him prisoner. Nothing could have saved Regnier from destruction, except the alertness with which Schwartzenberg came to his assistance. The Austrian, with strong reinforcements, arrived nearly in the moment when his presence must have annihilated Sacken, who, not aware of the Austrians being so near, had, on the 15th November, engaged in a serious action with Regnier near Wolkowitz. The Russian suffered considerable loss, and effected a retreat with difficulty. He concentrated his army, however, and continued his retreat from point to point upon the position of Brzest, from which he had commenced his advance. In this manner, Sacken withdrew the attention of Schwartzenberg and the Austro-Saxon army to the banks of the Bug, at a moment when it ought to have been riveted on the decisive scenes which were about to. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 9781236559883

Walter Scott Sr, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, , Life-of-Napoleon-Buonaparte-with-a-Preliminary-View-of-the-French-Revolution~~Walter-Scott, , , , ,… More...

Walter Scott Sr, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, , Life-of-Napoleon-Buonaparte-with-a-Preliminary-View-of-the-French-Revolution~~Walter-Scott, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

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