Examples of using "Davout'un" in a sentence and their english translations:
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,
The remains of Davout’s corps were ordered to form the rearguard.
Davout’s giant corps was the spear-tip of Napoleon’s invasion.
seeing double!”, he told his aide-de-camp, making a joke of Davout’s spectacle-wearing.
The next year at Eylau, Davout’s corps again played a pivotal role,
On the eve of the Battle of Borodino, the Emperor dismissed Davout’s request to outflank the Russian
Davout’s 26,000 men faced odds of more than two-to-one.
It was a stunning victory, won at a high price – one in four
But Davout’s lack of allies among the other Marshals began to show.
Napoleon decided in Murat’s favour, giving him one of Davout’s divisions.
Just 2 weeks into the retreat, the Russians routed Davout’s rearguard at Vyazma, and
hesitant and muddled, and nearly led to Marshal Davout’s corps being encircled.
Berthier had none of Murat’s glamour, nor Ney’s heroism, nor the tactical instincts of Davout.
and brother-in-law, Leclerc, cleared a path for him.
army.. he ordered Davout’s Third Corps and Bernadotte’s First Corps to cut off their retreat.
Davout’s masterful handling of his troops enabled Third Corps to repel the Prussian onslaught.
Davout’s First Corps alone was 72,000 strong, as big as Napoleon’s entire army at Austerlitz.
In the bloody battle that followed, Davout’s corps led the frontal attack on the Fléches earthworks.
The next day Davout’s troops fought off a major Austrian dawn assault… then launched their own