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Identifier: battlerollencycl00perc (find matches)
Title: The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Perce, Elbert, 1831-1869
Subjects: Battles
Publisher: New York, Mason brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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mmanded by powerful batteries, andby their fire in every direction, seemed torender all access impossible. In this formi-dable position were collected 40,000 foot, 12,-000 splendid horse, besides more than 200pieces of cannon. Moreau, the commander of the Frencharmy, receiving intelligence that the Aus-trians were trying to concentrate all theirscattered forces at this point, resolved to im-prove the present advantage and attack thembefore any more reinforcements arrived.He ordered Lecourbe to join him with allhis disposable forces in order to take part inthe general action; still he did not arrange hisplan so as to bring his forces aU at the sametime into the field. The consequence of thiswas, that Lecourbe, with that portion of hiscorps which had not been in the action of theprevious day, commenced the attack. Headvanced with the greatest intrepidity to theassault against the Prince of Lorraine ; butso tremendous was the fire fiom the crossbatteries of Kray, on the heights, that his
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■•••-■ •• ¥ BATTLE OF MOM NO P F. F, HV.Y ( K r N T, R MILI.s). MOHACZ—MOLINO DEL RET. 385 artillery were instantly dismounted, and hehimself compelled to take shelter in the neigh-boring woods. Upon this, Moreau came for-Avard with the division of Loyes, and assailedthe position by its left and the village of Hen-dorf; but the attacking columns having beenassaulted by the enemys masses, who sud-denly came upon them from beliind their bat-teries, were thrown into disorder and com-pletely routed. Kray, encouraged by thissuccess, made a sally with his right wing, andadvanced into the plain; but he was receivedin so resolute a manner by the left of theFrench, that he was soon not only obliged toretire, but the victorious republicans regainedall the ground they had lost, and the villagewas carried by their pursuing columns, whoentered at the same time with the fugitives.At the same time, Vandamme with the re-pubHcan right, advanced against the imperialleft, and attacked t

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