| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1860 - 720 pages
...crept slowly and feebly along, and, in many cases, wer« overtaken and destroyed by the coils of flame that pursued them. Napoleon was indefatigable in his exertions for the rescue of hi» soldiers and the remaining inhabitants. At length it was announced that the Kremlin was on tire.... | |
| Frank Luzerne - 1872 - 318 pages
...crept slowly and feebly along, and in many cases were overtaken and destroyed by the coils of flames that pursued them. Napoleon was indefatigable in his...postern could be found through which the imperial escort could pass. Blinded by cinders and smothered with heat and smoke, they pressed along on foot,... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1854 - 870 pages
...crept slowly and feebly along, and in many cases, were overtaken and destroyed, by the coils of flame that pursued them. Napoleon was indefatigable in his...was already consuming the gates of the citadel. It wa- not until after a long search that a postern could be found, through which the Imperial escort... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1854 - 884 pages
...feebly along, and in many cases, were overtaken and destroyed, by the coils of flame that pursued ihem. Napoleon was indefatigable in his exertions for the rescue of his soldiers, and the remaining inhabitante. At length it was announced that the Kremlin was on fire. The flames so encircled it that... | |
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