Examples of using "Davout" in a sentence and their english translations:
1. Marshal Davout
of Davout’s men were either killed or wounded.
Davout shunned court, as he always had.
robbing Davout of a close friend and patron.
Davout was in his usual post on the right wing.
Napoleon also encouraged Davout to marry Aimée Leclerc,
Davout was a stern and effective governor of Hamburg,
Davout, the youngest and least proven of Napoleon’s Marshals,
In 1803 Davout was given command of the Camp of Bruges,
Louis-Nicolas Davout was born into a noble family from Burgundy,
In 1798, Desaix introduced Davout to his friend General Bonaparte.
The next year, Davout’s troops became Third Corps
As soon as Napoleon arrived, he ordered Davout to withdraw.
Davout and his corps had emerged from another major campaign
who was loved by the troops, and Davout, who was not.
Davout was not welcomed into the restored Bourbon regime
Bernadotte was blamed for failing to support Marshal Davout
and Davout soon proved himself a brave, highly-organised and energetic officer.
The incident did speed Davout’s promotion to brigadier-general...
However, Napoleon had been won over by Davout’s performance in Egypt;
It’s very likely that the deaths of Davout’s patron, Desaix,
But for all his military prowess, Davout was not a popular figure.
The remains of Davout’s corps were ordered to form the rearguard.
hesitant and muddled, and nearly led to Marshal Davout’s corps being encircled.
Following the peace treaty of Tilsit, Davout became governor-general of the
Davout played a major part in the counter-offensive that followed,
A month later at the Battle of Aspern, Davout and Third Corps
Davout and Lefebvre were the only Marshals waiting to greet him at the Tuileries Palace.
The royalists had promised Davout that his officers would not be prosecuted for
In 1788 Davout was commissioned into the Royal Champagne Cavalry Regiment, but within a year,
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.
the army’s temporary commander - Marshal Berthier – nearly left Davout to be cut off.
Davout and Third Corps were able to fight their way clear, and rejoin the army.
Davout’s giant corps was the spear-tip of Napoleon’s invasion.
But Davout’s lack of allies among the other Marshals began to show.
When Davout got into a row with Marshal Murat, whom he regarded as incompetent,
Napoleon decided in Murat’s favour, giving him one of Davout’s divisions.
Davout only surrendered Hamburg in May 1814, after confirmation arrived of Napoleon’s abdication.
But if Davout, not Grouchy, had commanded the Emperor’s right wing in 1815…
Following the Emperor’s defeat at Waterloo, Davout organised the defence of Paris,
Later accepting that he must abdicate, Davout ensured Napoleon’s safe passage to the coast,
In 1791 Davout joined a local volunteer battalion, and was elected its deputy commander.
In 1809, with war looming with Austria, Davout rejoined Third Corps at Regensburg.
Davout was stripped of his rank and income, though they were restored two years later,
army.. he ordered Davout’s Third Corps and Bernadotte’s First Corps to cut off their retreat.
The next year at Eylau, Davout’s corps again played a pivotal role,
On the first day of the Battle of Wagram, the Emperor criticised Davout for his slow attack.
Davout began the 1813 campaign holding Dresden, but when Hamburg was raided
Berthier had none of Murat’s glamour, nor Ney’s heroism, nor the tactical instincts of Davout.
Davout’s masterful handling of his troops enabled Third Corps to repel the Prussian onslaught.
trying to turn the Russian flank. When his men were driven back, Davout rallied them,
a new law barred ex-aristocrats from the army, and Davout had to resign his commission once more.
It proved a loving marriage, and great source of strength to Davout in the years ahead.
Davout’s 26,000 men faced odds of more than two-to-one.
seeing double!”, he told his aide-de-camp, making a joke of Davout’s spectacle-wearing.
When the report was confirmed, he sent a message back to Davout: “Tell the Marshal that he,
Davout spent most of it in Hamburg in his new role as Governor-General of the Hanseatic Cities,
Napoleon gave Davout a role which - in hindsight - seems a disastrous waste of his ability.
Davout was made Minister of War and governor of Paris: vital roles, requiring a brilliant and
loyal administrator. And Davout worked miracles to raise a new army for Napoleon’s final campaign.
Pauline Bonaparte’s sister-in-law, bringing Davout within the First Consul’s extended family.
But 10 miles north of Napoleon, near Auerstedt, Davout ran straight into the main Prussian army.
On the eve of the Battle of Borodino, the Emperor dismissed Davout’s request to outflank the Russian
On the eve of the Battle of Austerlitz, Davout force-marched his corps 70 miles in 2 days,
The next day Davout’s troops fought off a major Austrian dawn assault… then launched their own
In the bloody battle that followed, Davout’s corps led the frontal attack on the Fléches earthworks.
But he did trust Desaix’s judgement, and gave Davout a command in his army, bound for Egypt.
and Davout, aged 34, became the youngest of its new Marshals. His inclusion was a surprise to
Davout’s First Corps alone was 72,000 strong, as big as Napoleon’s entire army at Austerlitz.
Davout was widely blamed for not turning back to rescue him, even though it would’ve been suicidal.
Just 2 weeks into the retreat, the Russians routed Davout’s rearguard at Vyazma, and