Examples of using "ناي" in a sentence and their english translations:
Marshal Ney
to Marshal Ney.
Ney. And Soult.
armies, Ney commanded his left wing.
It was typical of Ney’s lack of restraint.
His corps commanders, especially Marshal Ney, were scathing of his conduct.
Jomini, Ney’s talented chief of staff, drove him to defect to the Russians.
Ney’s corps took over as rearguard, but when he became cut off at Krasny,
In 1808, Ney commanded a corps during the invasion of Spain.
It was during the retreat from Moscow that Ney ensured his place among the legends of
With the king’s allies demanding that an example be made of Ney, the outcome of his
During the advance against the Austrians, Jomini encouraged Ney to ignore orders from
At the Battle of Jena, Ney ignored his orders, and charged straight at the Prussian lines,
But Ney’s fury at what he considered Masséna’s disastrous leadership boiled over into open
Napoleon knew Ney’s worth in battle, and that the army adored him...
Ney was devasted by his defeat, but Napoleon kept him in command of his northern wing.
In May, a confusing order to Marshal Ney contributed to his late arrival at
He had proved himself an outstanding commander… as brave as Ney, with the military mind of Soult…
and saved only by the quick intervention of Marshal Ney, Eugène and Poniatowski.
The moment highlighted the gulf in charisma between a Marshal like Ney,
His father wanted him to become a clerk, but the young Ney, impetuous and headstrong, joined
A furious Napoleon remarked “Ney knows less about soldiering than the last-joined drummer
The army is full of brave men, but Michel Ney is truly the bravest of the brave.”
Ney was rewarded with the title Prince of the Moskva, and continued to serve throughout
Napoleon then entrusted Ney with command of three army corps – 84,000 men.
Michel Ney was a cooper’s son from Lorraine, a German-speaking region of France on the
Ney was criticised again by Napoleon three months later, when his foraging raids into
Ney was horrified by the prospect of civil war, and promised the king that he’d bring
Marshal Ney was among the most inspirational battlefield commanders in history: a born
for the death penalty for Marshal Ney - a decision he later claimed to regret.
Berthier had none of Murat’s glamour, nor Ney’s heroism, nor the tactical instincts of Davout.
When they met in Paris, they warmed to each other; Napoleon entrusted Ney the delicate
Ney’s corps missed the Battle of Austerlitz, but was in action against the Prussians the
There had already been signs that Ney’s aggressive instinct, which made him a brilliant
Amid the slaughter of Borodino, Ney led his corps in attack after attack on the Russian
Ney was feted by the restored Bourbon monarchy as France’s greatest soldier.
When the king’s niece reduced his wife to tears, Ney confronted her, shouting “I and
Ney’s courage that day was awe-inspiring, but his decisions helped to cause the French
He also began a bitter, long-lasting feud with another rising star, General Michel Ney.
In 1800, Ney and his division played a major role in General Moreau’s great victory over
The same year Ney married Aglaé-Louise Auguié, a friend of Josephine’s daughter Hortense,
Jomini would win fame as one of the 19th century’s great military thinkers, and served Ney well
For all his flaws, Ney had proved himself one of Napoleon’s best tactical commanders,
Ney was not only an instinctive tactician, and apparently immune to fear or fatigue…
On his own initiative, Ney launched a series of mass cavalry attacks too early… and failed
Like Marshal Ney, he initially opposed Napoleon’s return from exile, but saw which way the wind
Fellow officers nicknamed Ney ‘the Indefatigable’… his men preferred ‘le Rougeaud’, the ruddy,
Ney fought in the Emperor’s great victory at Dresden… but ten days later at Dennewitz,
In April, Ney - outspoken as ever - was among the first to confront Napoleon with the reality
In the aftermath, Ney spurned several chances to flee France, and was arrested for treason
save Marshal Ney from the death penalty. He also struggled to enact military reforms in the face of