Examples of using "Ney" in a sentence and their english translations:
Ney.
Marshal Ney
to Marshal Ney.
Ney and Third Corps took over.
armies, Ney commanded his left wing.
Ney led a crucial attack on the enemy.
Ney was more than a hero to the army.
his reports described Ney as active, brave and a skilled tactician.
Napoleon then entrusted Ney with command of three army corps – 84,000 men.
During the advance against the Austrians, Jomini encouraged Ney to ignore orders from
Ney was criticised again by Napoleon three months later, when his foraging raids into
In September Bernadotte defeated former comrades Marshals Oudinot and Ney at Dennewitz.
In 1804, Napoleon proclaimed a new empire, and Ney was made a Marshal.
In 1808, Ney commanded a corps during the invasion of Spain.
Ney was not only an instinctive tactician, and apparently immune to fear or fatigue…
Ney was feted by the restored Bourbon monarchy as France’s greatest soldier.
Marshal Ney was among the most inspirational battlefield commanders in history: a born
When war broke out, Ney was made an officer, and became aide-de-camp to General Lamarche:
Ney served in the Netherlands and on the Rhine, fighting at Valmy, Jemappes and Neerwinden;
The same year Ney married Aglaé-Louise Auguié, a friend of Josephine’s daughter Hortense,
Ney had been quick to recognise his talent, giving him a job as his aide-de-camp and helping
Napoleon knew Ney’s worth in battle, and that the army adored him...
Ney was rewarded with the title Prince of the Moskva, and continued to serve throughout
Ney was horrified by the prospect of civil war, and promised the king that he’d bring
On his own initiative, Ney launched a series of mass cavalry attacks too early… and failed
He also began a bitter, long-lasting feud with another rising star, General Michel Ney.
Fellow officers nicknamed Ney ‘the Indefatigable’… his men preferred ‘le Rougeaud’, the ruddy,
When they met in Paris, they warmed to each other; Napoleon entrusted Ney the delicate
During the subsequent retreat, Ney again demonstrated his brilliant tactical skills, fighting a
The army is full of brave men, but Michel Ney is truly the bravest of the brave.”
Ney led the rearguard for the rest of the retreat, and according to legend, was the
Ney was devasted by his defeat, but Napoleon kept him in command of his northern wing.
Michel Ney was a cooper’s son from Lorraine, a German-speaking region of France on the
His father wanted him to become a clerk, but the young Ney, impetuous and headstrong, joined
The 30 year-old Ney was now a proven brigade commander, despite refusing promotion more
At the Battle of Jena, Ney ignored his orders, and charged straight at the Prussian lines,
For all his flaws, Ney had proved himself one of Napoleon’s best tactical commanders,
As the Grande Armée advanced deeper into Russia, Ney was always near the action – leading
It was during the retreat from Moscow that Ney ensured his place among the legends of
At Krasny, when the rearguard got cut-off from the rest of the army, Ney angrily rejected
In April, Ney - outspoken as ever - was among the first to confront Napoleon with the reality
When Napoleon appealed to him directly as the hero of Borodino, Ney made the fateful
In the aftermath, Ney spurned several chances to flee France, and was arrested for treason
In 1800, Ney and his division played a major role in General Moreau’s great victory over
Amid the slaughter of Borodino, Ney led his corps in attack after attack on the Russian
At Lützen, Ney was moved by the conduct of his young conscripts, who bore the brunt of
Ney fought in the Emperor’s great victory at Dresden… but ten days later at Dennewitz,
When the king’s niece reduced his wife to tears, Ney confronted her, shouting “I and
Ney’s corps missed the Battle of Austerlitz, but was in action against the Prussians the
A furious Napoleon remarked “Ney knows less about soldiering than the last-joined drummer
Ney, outnumbered four to one, conducted a brilliant fighting withdrawal and escaped
Jomini would win fame as one of the 19th century’s great military thinkers, and served Ney well
That summer, Bennigsen’s Russian army launched a surprise attack, hoping to encircle and
With the king’s allies demanding that an example be made of Ney, the outcome of his
Like Marshal Ney, he initially opposed Napoleon’s return from exile, but saw which way the wind