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... French National Archives and SUZANNE D'HUART Curator of the French National Archives Translated from the French and introduced by ALEX de JONGE PADDINGTON PRESS LTD NEW YORK & LONDON DC 214.3 N3613 INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ...
... French National Archives and SUZANNE D'HUART Curator of the French National Archives Translated from the French and introduced by ALEX de JONGE PADDINGTON PRESS LTD NEW YORK & LONDON DC 214.3 N3613 INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ...
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Napoleon I (Emperor of the French). stand at Austerlitz on December 2 , 1805. Badly coordinated , it over - extended itself in order to try to outflank the French left . This was just the sort of tactic which invited a concentrated ...
Napoleon I (Emperor of the French). stand at Austerlitz on December 2 , 1805. Badly coordinated , it over - extended itself in order to try to outflank the French left . This was just the sort of tactic which invited a concentrated ...
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... French intelligence was lamentably inadequate and the emperor had no idea of these movements until it was too late . Napoleon ignored repeated warnings about the Russian winter , and , indeed , autumn that year was singularly bright and ...
... French intelligence was lamentably inadequate and the emperor had no idea of these movements until it was too late . Napoleon ignored repeated warnings about the Russian winter , and , indeed , autumn that year was singularly bright and ...
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