Excerpt from Histoire du Consulat Et de l'Empire, Faisant Suite ??? l'Histoire de la R???volution Fran???aise, Vol. 20 Forces que Napol???on avait r???unies pour l'ouverture de la campagne de 1815. Les places occup???es Paris et Lyon pourvus de garnisons sul???isantes, la Vend???e contenue, il lui restait 124 mille hommes pr???sents au drapeau pour prendre l'offensive sur la fronti???re du Nord. En attendant un mois Napol???on aurait eu cent mille hom mes de plus. N???anmoins il se d???cide en faveur de l'offensive imm?? ...
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Excerpt from Histoire du Consulat Et de l'Empire, Faisant Suite ??? l'Histoire de la R???volution Fran???aise, Vol. 20 Forces que Napol???on avait r???unies pour l'ouverture de la campagne de 1815. Les places occup???es Paris et Lyon pourvus de garnisons sul???isantes, la Vend???e contenue, il lui restait 124 mille hommes pr???sents au drapeau pour prendre l'offensive sur la fronti???re du Nord. En attendant un mois Napol???on aurait eu cent mille hom mes de plus. N???anmoins il se d???cide en faveur de l'offensive imm???diate, d'abord pour ne pas laisser d???vaster par l'ennemi les provinces de France les plus belles et les plus d???vou???es, et ensuite parce que la colonne envahissante de l'est ???tant en'rctard sur celle du Nord, il a l'esp???rance en se h???tant de pouvoir les combattre l'une apr???s l'autre. Combinaison qu'il imagine pour concentrer soudainement son arm???e et la jeter entre les Anglais et les Prussiens avant qu'ils puissent soup???onner son apparition. Le 15 juin ??? trois heures du matin Napol???on entre en action enl???ve Charleroy culbute les Prussiens et prend position entre les deux arm???es ennemies. - Les Prussiens ayant leur base sur Li???ge les Anglais sur Bruxelles, ne peuvent se r???unir que sur la grande chauss???e de Namur ??? Bruxelles, passant par Sombree et les Quatre - Bras. Napol???on prend donc le parti de se porter sur Sombrei't'e avec sa droite et son centre, pour livrer bataille aux Prussiens tandis que Ney avec la gauche contiendra les Anglais aux Quatre - Bras. Combat de Gilly sur la route de Fleurus. H???silations de Ney aux quatre-bras. Malgr??? ces h???sitations tout se passe dans l'apr???s-midi du 15 au gr??? de Napol???on, et il est plac??? entre les deux arm???es ennemies de ma niere ??? pouvoir le lendemain combattre les Prussiens avant que les Anglais viennent ??? leur secours. Dispositions pour la journ???e. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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