. Battles of the nineteenth century . - ordered a squadron of thePolish Lancers of the Guard to swim theswollen stream, and, clad in crimson uniforms,faced with dark blue and laced with silver, theygained the centre, only to be carried away bythe current, and many of them drowned, cr3-ing Vzvc rEmperair! as their heads disappearedunder water. Beyond Wilna, Octave de Segur (brother ofthe historian) and his 8th Hussars drew firstblood from the Russians, and were sadly cutup ; but Oudinot drove Witgenstein back atthe same moment, and, sending Murat in pur-suit, the Emperor returned to Wilraa, to
. Battles of the nineteenth century . - ordered a squadron of thePolish Lancers of the Guard to swim theswollen stream, and, clad in crimson uniforms,faced with dark blue and laced with silver, theygained the centre, only to be carried away bythe current, and many of them drowned, cr3-ing Vzvc rEmperair! as their heads disappearedunder water. Beyond Wilna, Octave de Segur (brother ofthe historian) and his 8th Hussars drew firstblood from the Russians, and were sadly cutup ; but Oudinot drove Witgenstein back atthe same moment, and, sending Murat in pur-suit, the Emperor returned to Wilraa, to wastetwenty days Ln raising unsatisfactory levies, and. to disgust the Poles with disappointing hopesof liberty. Russian proposals of peace were rejected byNapoleon, whose entire conduct during thecampaign has baflled his friends and foes ; andleaving Wilna at half-past eleven at night onthe ibth July, he marched to attack Barclayde Tollv, provided he could find him. Two hundred and fifty thousand Russians hadbeen formed into three distinct armies—the First Army of the Westunder De Tolly;the Second, underPrince Bagration ;and the Third,which was not thencompleted, underthe cavalry generalTormasoff; Cossacks being dis-tributed amongthem, those of theHetman PlatoflF es-pecially destined towin a terrible re- ALEXAXDER I., CZAR OF RUSSIA. nown. The infantry woregreen, with slatepantaloons andmud-coloured great-coats, the officersaffecting wasp waists,tremendous curledwhiskers, and goldrings in their Cossacks of theLine were dressedfor the most part inblue, with fur capsand long lances ;generally swarming with vermin, they wer
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