An Aide De Camp of Napolon Memoirs of General Count De Sgur
An Aide De Camp of Napolon Memoirs of General Count De Sgur
Louis Philippe Sgur
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They opened out under our fire with the methodical slowness and scrupulous regularity of their OF THE E. MPEROR NAPOLEON I. 293 manceuvres on parade. This orderly attack of 25, 000 Prussians under a hail of bullets and grape shot gave way against Gudin's 7, 000 men whose right had been just then supported by Friant's division. Our sharp- shooters were especially brought into notice, and it was remarked with what warlike experience they made use of every advantage of the unequal ground. By a str...ange fatality, amongst the four chiefs of the enemy who took part in this second effort, two of ihem, Schmettau and Brunswick, were mortally wounded, and a third was unhorsed. The King, however, persisted ; holding out against his bad luck. His general-in-chief and his lieutenants were beaten, and his astonished infantry stopped short ; he called to his aid the pick of his cavalry under Prince William. This time, Gudin who had conquered, but who was himself half destroyed, was on the point of succumbing, when Morand's division, led by Davout, hastened up to his left, forming its squares, and repulsed PVederic's third attempt.
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