History of Russia From the Earliest Times to 1880 volume 2 Pt2
History of Russia From the Earliest Times to 1880 volume 2 Pt2
Alfred Nicolas Rambaud
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] ALEXANDER I: FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 2S1 barriers against them. "What! Brussels also ? " exclaimed Napoleon, and coldly dismissed him. " These people are mad, " he said. " What would they do with France if I were defeated ! " " It is difficult, " relates a Russian eyewitness, Zhirkievitch, the lieutenant of artillery, " to picture the enthusiasm that ani- mated us all, and the strange and ridiculous infatuation that accompanied this noble sentiment. It seemed to us that we were going straight to Par...is. No one spoke of anything but Dolgoruki, a young man of twenty-five, who presented him- self to Napoleon with a letter from the Emperor, and all admired the cleverness of the superscription, in which the imperial title of Napoleon had been so skilfully avoided. It was even added that when Dolgoruki gave the letter to Napo- leon, as the latter remained covered, Dolgoruki replaced his hat. A few days passed, and our ideas became greatly changed. " One scheme, conceived by Weirother the Aus- trian, and approved by Alexander, was that Bagration on the right should keep Lannes in check ; the two Imperial guards would be sufficient to watch the plateau of Pratzen ; Dokturof, Langeron, Przhebishevski, even Kutuzof and Miloradovitch, were to descend into the valley of Goldbach to meet Napo- leon, cut him off from the Danube, and force him back on the mountains of Bohemia.
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