 I will keep myself at a distance from the fire, if, with your accustomed valour, you carry disorder and confusion into the enemy's ranks ; but should victory appear for a moment uncertain, you shall see your Emperor expose himself to the first strokes;...  Fleet Tactics Under Steam - Page 220by Foxhall Alexander Parker - 1870 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - Military art and science - 1904 - 612 pages
...direct all your battalions. I shall hold myself distant from the fire, if with your accustomed bravery you carry disorder and confusion into the enemy's ranks ; but should victory for a moment be uncertain, you would see your emperor expose himself to the first strokes ; for victory... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1853 - 868 pages
...distance from the tire, if, with your accustomed valor, you carry disorder and confusion into the enemies' ranks. But should victory appear for a moment uncertain, you shall see your Emperor expose himself to the first strokes. Victory must not be doubtful on this occasion." Never bfefore did a general venture... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1886 - 588 pages
...Napoleon at Austerlitz, in which he said: "Soldiers, I will keep myself at a distance from the fire, if with your accustomed valor you carry disorder and confusion into the enemy's ranks; but if victory appear uncertain, you will see your Emperor expose himself in the front of battle." It is... | |
 | Rev. J. Wiliam Jones - 1880 - 600 pages
...at Austerlitz, in which he said: "Soldiers, I will keep myself at a distance from the h're, if witli your accustomed valor you carry disorder and confusion into the enemy's ranks; but if victory appear uncertain, you will see your Emperor expose himself in the front of batthv' It is... | |
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