Tag: Prince Bagration
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The early stages of the Russian campaign, recounted by an officer …
… On my arrival at Berlin, I received the order to proceed to Warsaw, carrying dispatches to Prince Jérôme; my instructions required me to follow the operations of this army corps until further notice. On the departure of King Jérôme, who was displeased to see himself placed under the command of Marshal Davout, I left…
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Cossacks at Borodino, an unpublished report by General Pajol …
In 1841, Marshal Soult, Minister of War, dispatched Staff Captain Ch. Pajol, son of the illustrious cavalry general of the First Empire, to the camp of Krasnoye Selo under the command of the Russian Emperor Nicholas himself, with a mission to travel through Russia, Poland, Prussia, Saxony and Germany. This mission was not merely of…
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To Austerlitz – A French officer’s 1805 journal … (III)
Brünn (Brno), 30 Brumaire year XIV. Events follow one another in rapid succession. Here I am already far from this capital which I thought would be the terminus of our conquest. The Emperor Francis has abandoned it to us without becoming more docile. He apparently hopes that his dear allies, the Russians, will rectify his…