 Ney's kindness stop there ; for when the flag of truce arrived, and he became acquainted with the situation of Major Napier's family, he suddenly waived all forms, and instead of answering the inquiry by a cold intimation of the captive's existence, sent...  The Court and Camp of Buonaparte - Page 287by Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), S. Dunham WHITEHEAD - 1829 - 326 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - France - 1828 - 698 pages
...family, he suddenly waved all forms, and instead of answering the inquiry by a cold intimation of his captive's existence, sent him, and with him the few...imperative by the after misfortunes of marshal Ney. The fate of that brave and noble-minded man is well known. He who had fought five hundred battles for... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - France - 1828 - 678 pages
...family, lie suddenly waved all forms, and instead of answering the inquiry by a cold intimation of his captive's existence, sent him, and with him the few...imperative by the after misfortunes of marshal Ney. The fate of that brave and noble-minded man is well known. He who had fought five hundred battles for... | |
 | Great Britain - 1828 - 798 pages
...family, he suddenly waived all forms, and instead of answering the inquiry by a cold intimation of his captive's existence, sent him, and with him the few...generosity, and the demand is rendered imperative by the after-misfortunes of Marshal Ney. The fate of that brave and nobleminded man is well known. He who... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1845 - 900 pages
...to France. Nor did Marshal Ney's kindness stop there ; for when the flag of c answering the inquhy by a cold intimation of the captive's existence, sent...imperative by the after misfortunes of Marshal Ney." to ruin, Ney still adhered faithfully to him. Like others, however, as has been already said, he went... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 272 pages
...of the Legion of Honour. The events of the war obliged Soult to depart in a few days from Corunna, but he recommended Major Napier to the attention of...generosity, and the demand is rendered imperative by the after-misfortunes of Marshal Ney.' Ney served in the Russian campaign, and for his gallantry during... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1870 - 530 pages
...intimation of the captive's existence, ,ent him, and with him the few English prisoners taken in the sattle, at once to England, merely demanding that none should...generosity, and the demand is rendered imperative by the after-misfortunes of Marshal Ney.' Ney served in the Russian campaign, and for his gallantry during... | |
 | James Augustus Weston - France - 1895 - 420 pages
...Ney, and that marshal also treated his prisoner with the kindness of a friend rather than the rigor of an enemy, for he quartered him with the French...imperative by the after misfortunes of Marshal Ney. That brave and noble-minded man's fate is but too well known. He who had fought five hundred battles... | |
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