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