Examples of using "Soult" in a sentence and their english translations:
Soult.
Marshal Soult
Thus confusing Soult?
Soult inherited a demoralised, disorganised army.
His chief of staff, the future Marshal Soult,
and courage, Soult has scarcely a superior."
Soult died aged 82, in the same town where he was born – known today as Saint-Amans-Soult.
On June 5, Soult issued the orders to Gérard.
On June 11, Soult, for reasons unknown, remained in Avesnes.
The next year, Soult and Masséna were besieged in Genoa.
Soult launched a flanking attack that threw the enemy into confusion.
Under the Bourbon restoration, Soult became an unpopular Minister of War.
On June 6, Soult sent orders to the rest of the Army.
“As for you, Soult, I say only - act as you always do.”
Soult began a fighting retreat through the Pyrenees mountains back to France.
These orders were sent to Laon, where Soult was expected to arrive on June 11.
Soult learned much from Lefebvre (a future fellow-Marshal), serving first as his chief
Soult’s rise from sergeant to brigadier-general took less than three years.
On his return to Paris, Soult received a hero’s welcome from Napoleon.
“Soult’s character is hard, and above all egotistical”, one wrote, “He takes
Following Napoleon’s defeat, Soult lived in exile until 1819, then returned to France
including the crushing victory at Ocaña, operating alongside another friend, Marshal Soult.
Or had Soult received the intercepted false Mons orders after the Charleroi orders?
Soult, the old drill instructor, imposed strict discipline and trained his men hard, earning
With victory won, Napoleon acclaimed Soult ‘the foremost manoeuvrer in Europe’.
In 1811, with Marshal Masséna’s army stalled outside Lisbon, Napoleon ordered Soult to
The plan for Mons exists only as a draft on Bertrand’s notes, and an original sent to Soult.
Even Napoleon wondered if he was being too severe, to which Soult replied, “Those that
That December, at Austerlitz, Napoleon entrusted Soult’s corps with the main attack on the
The British nicknamed Soult ‘The Duke of Damnation’, and he harried them through
Soult then marched south and occupied Porto, where rumours began that he was considering
Later in 1809, Soult replaced Marshal Jourdan as King Joseph’s chief military advisor,
Appointed governor of Andalucia, Soult administered the region with cold efficiency from his headquarters
Napoleon made several dubious appointments in 1815: one was to pick Soult as his new
implement Napoleon’s orders; Soult also inherited a complex staff system of Berthier’s
The delay was caused by Soult remaining in Avesnes, and the confusion caused by two orders.
In 1799 Soult established himself as one of France’s best divisional commanders, fighting
In 1804 Napoleon proclaimed his new Empire, and Soult received his Marshal’s baton.
The next year, Wellington’s victory at Salamanca forced Soult to abandon his palace in Seville,
In 1813, Napoleon summoned Soult to Germany, where he fought at Lützen, and supervised
But when news arrived of the calamitous French defeat at Vitoria, Napoleon sent Soult back
Soult led a series of daring raids on the Austrian lines, until he was shot in the knee
However, it was observed that Soult was now less inclined to expose himself to enemy fire,
by surprise, and drove him out of Portugal with heavy loss in men and supplies.
Jean-de-Dieu Soult was from a small town in southern France, and enlisted in the Régiment
By June 11, Soult was ordered to return to Laon in order to meet Napoleon on June 12.
As he issued his final orders to his Marshals, the Emperor turned to Soult last and said,
Whatever the event, Soult had adopted the Mons plan, contrary to Napoleon’s final wishes.
The next year, Soult’s corps played an important role at the Battle of Jena, and in the pursuit
In 1808, Soult was ennobled as the Duke of Dalmatia, and later that year, led a corps
yet Soult marched north with 20,000 men, capturing Badajoz… but withdrew on receiving news