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... lost thirty men , and the enemy lost a great deal more by virtue of his famous " whiff of grapeshot . " Napoleon had his priorities right . In his view it was pointless to try to quell a mob by firing blanks : " They are frightened at ...
... lost thirty men , and the enemy lost a great deal more by virtue of his famous " whiff of grapeshot . " Napoleon had his priorities right . In his view it was pointless to try to quell a mob by firing blanks : " They are frightened at ...
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... lost and French armies defeated on the Rhine he felt that Europe needed him . He abandoned his own army and sailed for France in the greatest secrecy . He landed at Fréjus on October 8 to be hailed as the savior of the republic , the ...
... lost and French armies defeated on the Rhine he felt that Europe needed him . He abandoned his own army and sailed for France in the greatest secrecy . He landed at Fréjus on October 8 to be hailed as the savior of the republic , the ...
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... lost at Leipzig . There were further attempts to negotiate a peace . France herself was exhausted , and yet Napoleon's methods of conscription allowed him to raise a new army which , in practical terms , amounted to 120,000 men . The ...
... lost at Leipzig . There were further attempts to negotiate a peace . France herself was exhausted , and yet Napoleon's methods of conscription allowed him to raise a new army which , in practical terms , amounted to 120,000 men . The ...
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