 | Thomas Willcocks - 1832 - 586 pàgines
...general to pass this narrow bridge to the left bank, and then to ensnare him into a general action, in a position, where the difficulty of defiling through...render retreat almost impossible. For this purpose, he shewed such a small proportion of his forces on the left side of the river, as induced Benningsen to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1847 - 464 pàgines
...general to pass by this narrow bridge to the left bank, and then to draw him into a general action, in a position where the difficulty of defiling through...town and over the bridge must render retreat almost impracticable. For this purpose he showed such a proportion only of his forces as induced General Benigsen... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1878 - 420 pàgines
...general to pass by this narrow bridge to the left bank, and then to decoy him into a general action, in a position where the difficulty of defiling through...division, which had been severely handled in the battle of Heilsherg, and which he now hoped altogether to destroy. Under this] deception he ordered a Russian... | |
 | Montgomery B. Gibbs - 1895 - 588 pàgines
...bridge by the left bank, and then to decoy him into a general action, in a position where the general difficulty of defiling through the town, and over...retreat almost impossible. For this purpose he showed only such portion of his forces as induced General Bennigsen to believe that the French troops on the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1895 - 344 pàgines
...general to pass by this narrow bridge to the left bank, and then to draw him into a general action, in a position where the difficulty of defiling through...town and over the bridge must render retreat almost impracticable. For this purpose he showed such a proportion only of his forces as induced General Benigsen... | |
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... town on the west side of the Aller, communicating with the eastern, or right bank of the river, by a long wooden bridge. It was the object of Napoleon to induce the Russian general to pass by this narrow bridge to the left bank, and then to decoy... 