The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . , Lannes, Davoust,and Augereau, incited by the desperate valorand brave exploits of their leaders, werestrewing the field with dead. Soult soon re-ceived assistance, and finally the enemys leftwing was put to flight, fighting desperatelyas they fled. Seven thousand soldiers of theallied army fell in this retreat beneath thehands of the victorious French. The sur-vivors attempted to escape by crossing afrozen lake, with their artillery and ice was weak, and
The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . , Lannes, Davoust,and Augereau, incited by the desperate valorand brave exploits of their leaders, werestrewing the field with dead. Soult soon re-ceived assistance, and finally the enemys leftwing was put to flight, fighting desperatelyas they fled. Seven thousand soldiers of theallied army fell in this retreat beneath thehands of the victorious French. The sur-vivors attempted to escape by crossing afrozen lake, with their artillery and ice was weak, and could scarcely sustaintheir weight, yet they had advanced to thecenter of the lake, when Soult, suddenly ob-serving them, ordered his cannon to playupon the ice. The result was horrible ; theice, broken and separated by the shower ofiron which constantly fell upon it, yielded,and two thousand men, with their horses,were plunged into the water. Still the re-lentless cannon played upon the men andhorses, struggling for their Uvcs in the icywater. They sank, benumbed by the cold,and mutilated by the shot, and tlie record of. f ^•WW ^^
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