Examples of using "دافوت" in a sentence and their english translations:
1. Marshal Davout
robbing Davout of a close friend and patron.
As soon as Napoleon arrived, he ordered Davout to withdraw.
Davout was a stern and effective governor of Hamburg,
of Davout’s men were either killed or wounded.
Davout and his corps had emerged from another major campaign
The remains of Davout’s corps were ordered to form the rearguard.
Louis-Nicolas Davout was born into a noble family from Burgundy,
However, Napoleon had been won over by Davout’s performance in Egypt;
Davout was in his usual post on the right wing.
Davout’s giant corps was the spear-tip of Napoleon’s invasion.
Napoleon decided in Murat’s favour, giving him one of Davout’s divisions.
The incident did speed Davout’s promotion to brigadier-general...
Napoleon was not at first impressed –Davout was aloof,
Napoleon also encouraged Davout to marry Aimée Leclerc,
In 1803 Davout was given command of the Camp of Bruges,
It’s very likely that the deaths of Davout’s patron, Desaix,
The next year, Davout’s troops became Third Corps
Following the peace treaty of Tilsit, Davout became governor-general of the
On the eve of the Battle of Borodino, the Emperor dismissed Davout’s request to outflank the Russian
hesitant and muddled, and nearly led to Marshal Davout’s corps being encircled.
and Davout soon proved himself a brave, highly-organised and energetic officer.
In 1798, Desaix introduced Davout to his friend General Bonaparte.
It was a tough campaign for Davout, who caught dysentery in Cairo.
Then, his line stabilised, Davout went on the offensive... and routed the enemy army.
seeing double!”, he told his aide-de-camp, making a joke of Davout’s spectacle-wearing.
trying to turn the Russian flank. When his men were driven back, Davout rallied them,
A month later at the Battle of Aspern, Davout and Third Corps
Following the Emperor’s defeat at Waterloo, Davout organised the defence of Paris,
Bernadotte was blamed for failing to support Marshal Davout
army.. he ordered Davout’s Third Corps and Bernadotte’s First Corps to cut off their retreat.
When the report was confirmed, he sent a message back to Davout: “Tell the Marshal that he,
But for all his military prowess, Davout was not a popular figure.
the army’s temporary commander - Marshal Berthier – nearly left Davout to be cut off.
But Davout’s lack of allies among the other Marshals began to show.
Davout was made Minister of War and governor of Paris: vital roles, requiring a brilliant and
In 1791 Davout joined a local volunteer battalion, and was elected its deputy commander.
Davout’s masterful handling of his troops enabled Third Corps to repel the Prussian onslaught.
On the first day of the Battle of Wagram, the Emperor criticised Davout for his slow attack.
When Davout got into a row with Marshal Murat, whom he regarded as incompetent,
Davout began the 1813 campaign holding Dresden, but when Hamburg was raided
Davout and Lefebvre were the only Marshals waiting to greet him at the Tuileries Palace.
and Davout, aged 34, became the youngest of its new Marshals. His inclusion was a surprise to
On the eve of the Battle of Austerlitz, Davout force-marched his corps 70 miles in 2 days,
Davout’s 26,000 men faced odds of more than two-to-one.
The next day Davout’s troops fought off a major Austrian dawn assault… then launched their own
Davout’s First Corps alone was 72,000 strong, as big as Napoleon’s entire army at Austerlitz.
Davout only surrendered Hamburg in May 1814, after confirmation arrived of Napoleon’s abdication.
Pauline Bonaparte’s sister-in-law, bringing Davout within the First Consul’s extended family.
Davout spent most of it in Hamburg in his new role as Governor-General of the Hanseatic Cities,
In 1809, with war looming with Austria, Davout rejoined Third Corps at Regensburg.
But if Davout, not Grouchy, had commanded the Emperor’s right wing in 1815…
a new law barred ex-aristocrats from the army, and Davout had to resign his commission once more.
In 1788 Davout was commissioned into the Royal Champagne Cavalry Regiment, but within a year,
But 10 miles north of Napoleon, near Auerstedt, Davout ran straight into the main Prussian army.
Davout was widely blamed for not turning back to rescue him, even though it would’ve been suicidal.