Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 247William Blackwood, 1940 - England |
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Page 214
... Davout . There were many desertions from Mar- mont's corps , but the deserters were not Frenchmen but Dutch conscripts who had been foisted on him . cliffs at all . Bernadotte's 1st days . Corps was in Hanover and little rest . started ...
... Davout . There were many desertions from Mar- mont's corps , but the deserters were not Frenchmen but Dutch conscripts who had been foisted on him . cliffs at all . Bernadotte's 1st days . Corps was in Hanover and little rest . started ...
Page 223
... Davout entered Berlin with his corps on the 25th October . The municipal authorities tendered him the keys of the city , which Davout formally returned to them , declaring that they should be handed to his master , the Emperor Napoleon ...
... Davout entered Berlin with his corps on the 25th October . The municipal authorities tendered him the keys of the city , which Davout formally returned to them , declaring that they should be handed to his master , the Emperor Napoleon ...
Page 224
... Davout , and Napoleon's favourite aide - de- camp , Duroc , a short , stern , war - hardened soldier . In the centre ... Davout's corps had marched to the strains of the " Marseillaise " and " Ca Ira " ; but they were Revolu- tionary ...
... Davout , and Napoleon's favourite aide - de- camp , Duroc , a short , stern , war - hardened soldier . In the centre ... Davout's corps had marched to the strains of the " Marseillaise " and " Ca Ira " ; but they were Revolu- tionary ...
Contents
LETS FEED OURSELVES BY H MORTIMER BATTEN | 184 |
MEMORIES OF THE DEER FORESTS BY H MORTIMER BATTEN 482 | 307 |
PATROLLING A FRONTIER BY CLELAND SCOTT 492 | 326 |
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