Examples of using "Soult" in a sentence and their english translations:
Soult.
Marshal Soult
Ney. And Soult.
Soult inherited a demoralised, disorganised army.
he demanded to fight a duel with Marshal Soult,
and courage, Soult has scarcely a superior."
His chief of staff, the future Marshal Soult,
Soult launched a flanking attack that threw the enemy into confusion.
Soult began a fighting retreat through the Pyrenees mountains back to France.
Under the Bourbon restoration, Soult became an unpopular Minister of War.
Soult died aged 82, in the same town where he was born – known today as Saint-Amans-Soult.
The next year, Soult and Masséna were besieged in Genoa.
When the Emperor returned to France, he entrusted the pursuit of the British army to Marshal
After the battle, Lannes was infuriated that Soult, and not he, was singled out
implement Napoleon’s orders; Soult also inherited a complex staff system of Berthier’s
Soult learned much from Lefebvre (a future fellow-Marshal), serving first as his chief
In 1799 Soult established himself as one of France’s best divisional commanders, fighting
On his return to Paris, Soult received a hero’s welcome from Napoleon.
to Soult’s exceptional divisional commanders, Saint-Hilaire and Vandamme.
The British nicknamed Soult ‘The Duke of Damnation’, and he harried them through
In 1813, Napoleon summoned Soult to Germany, where he fought at Lützen, and supervised
Following Napoleon’s defeat, Soult lived in exile until 1819, then returned to France
Even Napoleon wondered if he was being too severe, to which Soult replied, “Those that
In 1804 Napoleon proclaimed his new Empire, and Soult received his Marshal’s baton.
With victory won, Napoleon acclaimed Soult ‘the foremost manoeuvrer in Europe’.
Napoleon made several dubious appointments in 1815: one was to pick Soult as his new
Soult, the old drill instructor, imposed strict discipline and trained his men hard, earning
However, it was observed that Soult was now less inclined to expose himself to enemy fire,
Later in 1809, Soult replaced Marshal Jourdan as King Joseph’s chief military advisor,
who – in his eyes – had made him look foolish in front of the Emperor. Soult ignored the challenge.
“As for you, Soult, I say only - act as you always do.”
Soult then marched south and occupied Porto, where rumours began that he was considering
The next year, Wellington’s victory at Salamanca forced Soult to abandon his palace in Seville,
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
In 1808, Soult was ennobled as the Duke of Dalmatia, and later that year, led a corps
Appointed governor of Andalucia, Soult administered the region with cold efficiency from his headquarters
including the crushing victory at Ocaña, operating alongside another friend, Marshal Soult.
He had proved himself an outstanding commander… as brave as Ney, with the military mind of Soult…
As he issued his final orders to his Marshals, the Emperor turned to Soult last and said,
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
In 1811, with Marshal Masséna’s army stalled outside Lisbon, Napoleon ordered Soult to
yet Soult marched north with 20,000 men, capturing Badajoz… but withdrew on receiving news