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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: They crossed the river, and moved away towards the forest. I think 1 heard the troop sergeant say something about Salzburg and the Tyrol. I made no answer, but stood mute and stupified; when I was again recalled to thought by his asking if my baggage was ready for the waggons. With a sullen apathy I pointed out my trunks in silence, and throwing one last look on the room, the scene of my former suffering, and of much pleasure too, I mounted my horse, and gave the word to move forward. As we passed from the gate, I stopped to question the sous-officier as to the route of the cuirassier division, but he could only repeat what the sergeant had already told me; adding, there were several men slightly wounded in the squadrons, for they had been engaged twice within the week. The gates closed, and we were on the high road. CHAPTER As day was breaking, we came up with a strong detachment of the cavalry of the Guard, proceeding to join Bessieres's division at Lintz; from them we learned that the main body of the army was already far in advance, several entire corps having marched from Lintz with the supposed intention of occupying Vienna. Ney's division, it was said, was also bearing down from the Tyrol; Davoust and Mortier were advancing by the left bank of the Danube, whilst Lannes and Murat, with an overwhelming force of light troops, had pushed forward two days' march in advance on their way to the capital. The fate of Ulm was already predicted for the Austrian city, and each day's intelligence seemed to make it only the more inevitable. Meanwhile, the Emperor Francis had abandoned the capital, and retreated on Brunn, a fortified town in Moravia, there to await the arrival of his ally, Alexander, hourly expected from Berlin. As day after day we pressed forward, o...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217657280 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217657281 |
| Weight | 1.13 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.78 In |
| List Price | $24.76 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 348 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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