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Page 14
... Russians toward Friedland itself , reaching the river and rolling them up . The Russian army was pushed and huddled against the river bends . Then the French cavalry drove the Russian horse back against its own infantry along the river ...
... Russians toward Friedland itself , reaching the river and rolling them up . The Russian army was pushed and huddled against the river bends . Then the French cavalry drove the Russian horse back against its own infantry along the river ...
Page 19
... Russians at Austerlitz and Friedland , but just as he failed to appreciate the temper of the Spanish , so he could not understand that a Russian fighting abroad and a Russian defending his own soil were opponents of very different kinds ...
... Russians at Austerlitz and Friedland , but just as he failed to appreciate the temper of the Spanish , so he could not understand that a Russian fighting abroad and a Russian defending his own soil were opponents of very different kinds ...
Page 20
... Russians would stand either at Smolensk or Moscow . Unless their army were to be defeated in the field he would have achieved nothing . When he reached Smolensk on August 17 Napoleon was convinced that the Russians would make a stand ...
... Russians would stand either at Smolensk or Moscow . Unless their army were to be defeated in the field he would have achieved nothing . When he reached Smolensk on August 17 Napoleon was convinced that the Russians would make a stand ...
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