 ... entertained by many officers, who conceived success impossible, chiefly on account of the dreadful weather; the rain was falling in torrents. Dugommier and the Commandant of artillery ridiculed these fears : two columns were formed, and marched against...  The History of the French Revolution - Page 172by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - France - 1823 - 442 pages
...Commandant of artillery ridiculed these fears : two columns were formed, and marched against the enemy. The Allied troops, to avoid the effect of the shells...line of skirmishers in front of the fort, and as the musquetry commenced firing at the very foot of the hill, the Allied troops hastened to the defence... | |
 | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - France - 1823 - 452 pages
...two columns were formed, and marched against the enemy. • The Allied troops, to avoid the eti'ect of the shells and balls, which showered upon the fort,...line of skirmishers in front of the fort, and as the musquetry commenced firing at the very foot of the hill, the Allied troops hastened to the defence... | |
 | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - France - 1823 - 446 pages
...Commandant of artillery ridiculed these fears : two 1*011110118 were formed, and marched against the enemy. The Allied troops, to avoid the effect of the shells and balls, which showered upon the tort, were accustomed to occupy a station at a small distance in the rear of it. The French had great... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1836 - 490 pages
...Commandant of artillery ridiculed these fears : two columns were formed, and marched against the enemy. The allied troops, to avoid the effect of the shells...upon the fort, were accustomed to occupy a station at u small distance in the rear of it. The French had great hopes of reaching the works before them ;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - France - 1852 - 416 pages
...in the rear of it. The French were in hopes of reaching the works before them; but the English had a line of skirmishers in front of the fort, and as...firing at the very foot of the hill, the Allied troops came up in time to its defence, when a very smart fire was immediately opened. Caseshot showered all... | |
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