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M. Thiers , in his picture of the movements and the strategy of the French commanders , is wonderfully graphic ; and though he may be accused , in some portions of his vast labour , of an excessive propensity to military detail ...
M. Thiers , in his picture of the movements and the strategy of the French commanders , is wonderfully graphic ; and though he may be accused , in some portions of his vast labour , of an excessive propensity to military detail ...
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Enfin , ' writes Marshal Marmont to the French Minister of War , in speaking of the disorganisation of his left wing , ' à cinq heures , jugeant que la situation est favorable , l'ennemi attaque avec impétuosité cette gauche mal formée ...
Enfin , ' writes Marshal Marmont to the French Minister of War , in speaking of the disorganisation of his left wing , ' à cinq heures , jugeant que la situation est favorable , l'ennemi attaque avec impétuosité cette gauche mal formée ...
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The former was impracticable , as the author acknowledges , since the French had not concentrated one half of their disposable force . The assumption of the second course does not take into account that the French army was surprised ...
The former was impracticable , as the author acknowledges , since the French had not concentrated one half of their disposable force . The assumption of the second course does not take into account that the French army was surprised ...
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