Examples of using "Ney" in a sentence and their english translations:
Ney.
Marshal Ney
Ney. And Soult.
to Marshal Ney.
including Ney, Macdonald, Oudinot and Berthier.
Ney led a crucial attack on the enemy.
Ney and Third Corps took over.
armies, Ney commanded his left wing.
destroy Ney’s Sixth Corps near Guttstadt.
It was typical of Ney’s lack of restraint.
Ney was more than a hero to the army.
In 1808, Ney commanded a corps during the invasion of Spain.
his reports described Ney as active, brave and a skilled tactician.
In 1804, Napoleon proclaimed a new empire, and Ney was made a Marshal.
and saved only by the quick intervention of Marshal Ney, Eugène and Poniatowski.
When Napoleon appealed to him directly as the hero of Borodino, Ney made the fateful
In May, a confusing order to Marshal Ney contributed to his late arrival at
The moment highlighted the gulf in charisma between a Marshal like Ney,
When they met in Paris, they warmed to each other; Napoleon entrusted Ney the delicate
Ney was rewarded with the title Prince of the Moskva, and continued to serve throughout
Napoleon then entrusted Ney with command of three army corps – 84,000 men.
Ney was feted by the restored Bourbon monarchy as France’s greatest soldier.
His corps commanders, especially Marshal Ney, were scathing of his conduct.
In September Bernadotte defeated former comrades Marshals Oudinot and Ney at Dennewitz.
Jomini, Ney’s talented chief of staff, drove him to defect to the Russians.
Ney’s corps took over as rearguard, but when he became cut off at Krasny,
When war broke out, Ney was made an officer, and became aide-de-camp to General Lamarche:
Fellow officers nicknamed Ney ‘the Indefatigable’… his men preferred ‘le Rougeaud’, the ruddy,
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
During the subsequent retreat, Ney again demonstrated his brilliant tactical skills, fighting a
Napoleon knew Ney’s worth in battle, and that the army adored him...
Ney was not only an instinctive tactician, and apparently immune to fear or fatigue…
At Krasny, when the rearguard got cut-off from the rest of the army, Ney angrily rejected
Ney’s courage that day was awe-inspiring, but his decisions helped to cause the French
In the aftermath, Ney spurned several chances to flee France, and was arrested for treason
for the death penalty for Marshal Ney - a decision he later claimed to regret.
He had proved himself an outstanding commander… as brave as Ney, with the military mind of Soult…
Ney served in the Netherlands and on the Rhine, fighting at Valmy, Jemappes and Neerwinden;
At the Battle of Jena, Ney ignored his orders, and charged straight at the Prussian lines,
A furious Napoleon remarked “Ney knows less about soldiering than the last-joined drummer
It was during the retreat from Moscow that Ney ensured his place among the legends of
Ney led the rearguard for the rest of the retreat, and according to legend, was the
Ney fought in the Emperor’s great victory at Dresden… but ten days later at Dennewitz,
Ney was devasted by his defeat, but Napoleon kept him in command of his northern wing.
He also began a bitter, long-lasting feud with another rising star, General Michel Ney.
Perhaps inevitably, in April, it was Macdonald and Ney who took the lead in confronting Napoleon
He also testified on behalf of Marshal Ney – but could not save him from a firing squad.
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
Jomini would win fame as one of the 19th century’s great military thinkers, and served Ney well
Ney’s corps missed the Battle of Austerlitz, but was in action against the Prussians the
On his own initiative, Ney launched a series of mass cavalry attacks too early… and failed
With the king’s allies demanding that an example be made of Ney, the outcome of his
Berthier had none of Murat’s glamour, nor Ney’s heroism, nor the tactical instincts of Davout.
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
In 1800, Ney and his division played a major role in General Moreau’s great victory over
There had already been signs that Ney’s aggressive instinct, which made him a brilliant
The winter manoeuvring culminated in the horrific Battle of Eylau, which Ney’s corps reached
Ney, outnumbered four to one, conducted a brilliant fighting withdrawal and escaped
For all his flaws, Ney had proved himself one of Napoleon’s best tactical commanders,
Amid the slaughter of Borodino, Ney led his corps in attack after attack on the Russian
The army is full of brave men, but Michel Ney is truly the bravest of the brave.”
In April, Ney - outspoken as ever - was among the first to confront Napoleon with the reality
Ney was horrified by the prospect of civil war, and promised the king that he’d bring
Marshal Ney was among the most inspirational battlefield commanders in history: a born
save Marshal Ney from the death penalty. He also struggled to enact military reforms in the face of
As the Grande Armée advanced deeper into Russia, Ney was always near the action – leading
At Lützen, Ney was moved by the conduct of his young conscripts, who bore the brunt of
But Ney’s fury at what he considered Masséna’s disastrous leadership boiled over into open
When the king’s niece reduced his wife to tears, Ney confronted her, shouting “I and
Five of Ney’s fellow Marshals were among a large majority who voted for the death penalty.
Like Marshal Ney, he initially opposed Napoleon’s return from exile, but saw which way the wind