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Identifier: battlesofninetee01forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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and hung fearlessly froman arm of the cross with hundreds of feet ofspace beneath him : it was natures like his alonethat survived the retreat. Chef d^cscadron Sourd, with fifty men of the7th Chasseurs, carried some infantry over behindthem, and two rafts conveyed four hundredmore across to defend the bridge head. Asecond bridge for artillery and baggage wasfinished at four oclock ; it broke twice duringthe night, and again the following evening: allwas confusion and disorder. The Russians wereexpected any moment on the heights that com-manded the low-lying snow-covered shore, yetthe stragglers waited fatuously until the morningof the 27th, and then all attempted to crossat the same time. When the remnant of the Guard wa^ seenclearing a way for the Emperor, there v;as arush ; the bridges were blocked—men, wcinen,and children were crushed to death and manydrowned. Yet that night—the panic over—thousands returned to the bivouacs of Studzi-anka, and the bridges were deserted again.
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■WHEN THE REMNANT OF THE GUARD WAS SEEN CLEARING A WAV FOR THE EMPEROR. THERE WAS A RUSH- (A 326). NAPOLEONS MOSCOW CAMPAIGN. 327 Victor, with 6,000 men, kept Witgenstein incheck ; Tchitchakof, a mart3-r to the cold, whohad by that time warmed his toes thoroughly,returned to the opposite shore and beganfiring, and another terrible rush was made forthe frail structures on the 28th, while Ney,across the river, was repulsing the admiral, andVictor fought all day long to give the wretchestime. The waggons and carriages were more thancould have crossed in six days, said Eble—whodied soon after from exposure. Ney wishedthem burned, but Berthier, who was little betterthan a writer of reports and a species of machineactuated by Napoleon himself, opposed it on hisown responsibility, and caused the death of amultitude of sufferers in consequence ; for whenthe shot and shell began to fall in the river andsplinter the ice, the drivers charged down onthe bridges, tearing their way remorselessl

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