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... attack from Napoleon . He saw and seized his opportunity , mounting a massed attack on the allied center and cutting their armies in two to win the greatest of all his victories with the greatest of all his armies , the grande armée at ...
... attack from Napoleon . He saw and seized his opportunity , mounting a massed attack on the allied center and cutting their armies in two to win the greatest of all his victories with the greatest of all his armies , the grande armée at ...
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... attacked the French left , an attack which Masséna managed to hold off . Napoleon then threw 30,000 men through the Austrian center . Yet the battle , in one sense , was not conclusive . The Austrian army was not annihilated and losses ...
... attacked the French left , an attack which Masséna managed to hold off . Napoleon then threw 30,000 men through the Austrian center . Yet the battle , in one sense , was not conclusive . The Austrian army was not annihilated and losses ...
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... attacks in column , which were dreadfully expensive and ineffectual . This was followed by a series of cavalry charges ... attack separately - had he committed them together the result would have been very different . It is the kind of ...
... attacks in column , which were dreadfully expensive and ineffectual . This was followed by a series of cavalry charges ... attack separately - had he committed them together the result would have been very different . It is the kind of ...
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