Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp: (based on Numerous Hitherto Unpublished Documents)Cassell, 1907 - 400 pàgines |
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Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp: (based on Numerous Hitherto Unpublished ... Fernand Nicolaÿ Visualització completa - 1907 |
Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp: (based on Numerous Hitherto Unpublished ... Fernand Nicolaÿ Visualització completa - 1907 |
Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp: (based on Numerous Hitherto Unpublished ... Fernand Nicolaÿ Visualització completa - 1907 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Admiral Bruix Ambleteuse appears August batteries boats Bonaparte Bonaparte's Boulogne Camp Boulonnais Brumaire Bucaille ça ira Cæsar Calais called Captain Channel Château chief Citizen cliff coast command Consul Corsican crossing dated Decrès division Emperor Empire enemy enemy's England English erected Etaples fireships fleet flotilla francs French galleys give given gold Grand Army grenadiers Guard gunboats guns hand harbour Hardelot horse Imperial inhabitants inspect instance invasion Julius Cæsar King land Legion of Honour letter Louis Madame Majesty Marshal Soult military Minister of Marine Monsieur Morini Napoleon naval navy night oars occasion officers organised Outreau Paris pavilion placed Pont-de-Briques port Portus Itius prisoners privateer quarters realised roadstead Roman Roustan sail sailors scheme sent shallops ships signals snuff snuff-box soldiers soon squadron stood Thermidor throne took Tour d'Odre tower town troops Ventôse whole Wimereux Wimille wished Wissant words wrote
Passatges populars
Pàgina 281 - Dansons la Carmagnole Vive le son, vive le son! Dansons la Carmagnole Vive le son du canon '.! Monsieur Veto avait promis (bis) D'être fidèle a sa patrie (bis) ; Mais il ya manqué.
Pàgina 136 - We swear to be faithful to the nation, to the law, and to the king ; and to maintain with all our power the constitution decreed by the National Assembly and accepted by the king ; and to remain united to all Frenchmen, by the indissoluble ties of fraternity.
Pàgina 283 - Veillons au salut de l'Empire, Veillons au maintien de nos droits ; Si le despotisme conspire, Conspirons la perte des rois. Liberté, liberté, que tout mortel te rende hommage : Tyrans, tremblez, vous allez expier vos forfaits. Plutôt la mort que l'esclavage, C'est la devise des Français.
Pàgina 283 - AU SALUT DE L'EMPIRE. Veillons au salut de l'empire, Veillons au maintien de nos droits ! Si le despotisme conspire, Conspirons la perte des rois ! Liberté ! que tout mortel te rende hommage ! Tremblez, tyrans ! vous allez expier vos forfaits.
Pàgina 213 - ... Napoleon's steaming across the Channel was not far-fetched, but hung on a thread of bureaucratic red tape. The first is from a letter of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat, to Napoleon: "I can remove the obstacles — wind and storm — which protect your enemies, and, notwithstanding his fleet, transport your armies to his territory at any time, and within a few hours.
Pàgina 389 - ... when the wish for reconciliation exists on both sides. I have, however, fulfilled a sacred duty, and one which is precious to my heart. I trust your Majesty will believe in the sincerity of my sentiments, and my wish to give you every proof of it, &c.
Pàgina 293 - Rassemblés en famille. Toi, mon chien, ne me quitte pas, Compagnon de ma gloire ; Partout tu dois suivre mes pas, Ton nom est la Victoire.
Pàgina 391 - ... in presence of the troops which was carried to the other camps, and posted everywhere. This was about the tenor of it: " Brave soldiers of the camp of Boulogne! " You will not go to England. English gold has seduced the Emperor of Austria, who has just declared war on France. His army has broken the line it was to keep; Bavaria is invaded. Soldiers ! new laurels await you beyond the Rhine; let us speed to conquer from the enemy we have conquered already.
Pàgina 283 - C'est la devise des Français. Du salut de notre patrie Dépend celui de l'univers ; Si jamais elle est asservie , Tous les peuples sont dans les fers...
Pàgina 382 - England, he wrote to Consul Cambaceres: "I saw the coast of England from the heights of Ambleteuse as distinctly as one can see the Calvary from the Tuileries. I was able to distinguish the houses and even objects moving. It is merely a ditch that will be crossed when we are bold enough to undertake the enterprise.