Tag: General Morand
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Guard Grenadier Philippe Ballut at Lützen and Bautzen, 1813 …
In the evening, with the 2nd Grenadier Regiment occupying the ground on a plateau, the soldiers sighted the town of Lützen, with its round bell tower and a tall belfry tower dominating the large tile roofed buildings. The French cavalry had already entered the town to capture a few stragglers. It was known that Blücher…
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Remarks on the battle of Wagram, by General Édouard Colbert …
General Pierre David Édouard de Colbert-Chabanais (1774-1853), in his ‘Unpublished Remarks’, wrote a concise account of the battle of Wagram. Its simplicity and modesty enhance its interest. We reproduce it here verbatim, together with some other manuscripts that he drew up. According to the orders given the day before by Napoleon, the French light cavalry…
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A letter from Marshal Berthier to Marshal Ney, 1812 …
Berthier recounts the battle of Maloyaroslavets in this letter, and the prince announces to Ney that the Emperor decided to carry out the retreat via Mozhaysk and Vyazma. The Duke of Elchingen will thus have to proceed to Vereya with all the parks which are located at Borovsk, and then move from Vereya to Mozhaysk.…