Excerpt from Napoleon and the Campaign of 1814 The campaign of 1814 in France, in which the courage of Napoleon's soldiers rivalled the genius of their leader, was divided into three distinct phases. The first phase lasted from January 25 to February 8, and was marked by the threaten ing advance of the allies. In vain had Napoleon conquered at Brienne, in vain had he held his own at La Rothiere against three times his own numbers. His armies were in retreat, the situa tion appeared desperate, and the end Of the war loomed ...
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Excerpt from Napoleon and the Campaign of 1814 The campaign of 1814 in France, in which the courage of Napoleon's soldiers rivalled the genius of their leader, was divided into three distinct phases. The first phase lasted from January 25 to February 8, and was marked by the threaten ing advance of the allies. In vain had Napoleon conquered at Brienne, in vain had he held his own at La Rothiere against three times his own numbers. His armies were in retreat, the situa tion appeared desperate, and the end Of the war loomed near and inevitable. Napoleon felt him self powerless to stay the advance of the armies of Bohemia and Silesia, which had effected a junction with each other: he could no longer rely on his troops and could scarcely rely on himself. His one and only hope was that the enemy might commit a blunder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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