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Morgan's and Blucher's actions soon involve Nophaie, who tries to stand up for the sanctity of the Nopah's character and religion.
Zane Grey, Romancing the West May, Stephen J. 1997
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The presence of Blucher's men spelt the failure of the Emperor's strategy - the two armies had not been prised apart, yet their new conjunction was tenuous and the Prussians were not yet advancing in overwhelming force, but only in a fragile line of march.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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The Duke could also cling to one strong hope, namely that his scratch army would not fight Napoleon alone, but alongside Prince Blucher's Prussians.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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In brief it was an allied victory, and Blucher's suggestion of La Belle Alliance as the battle's name was surely more appropriate than the oddly named Waterloo upon which Wellington insisted simply because he slept there on the nights before and after the conflict.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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Making the Fourth march first would inflict a long delay on the fulfilment of Blucher's promise, but Gneisenau, fearing that von Bulow might show a soldier's haste in marching to the expected sound of the guns, further ordered the thirty thousand men of the Fourth Corps to march by a particular road that not only led through the narrow streets of Wavre, but also crossed a peculiarly narrow and inconvenient bridge.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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Marshal Prince Blucher, Commander of the Prussian army, had promised he would march to fight beside Wellington, but Blucher's Chief of Staff, Gneisenau, did not trust the Englishman.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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The Prince had relieved him of his duties and, if the rumours were true, the French invasion had been thwarted by Blucher's Prussians.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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The Duke had planned to assemble as much of his army as possible, then march at dawn on to the French flank to help Blucher's Prussians, but now Sharpe had brought much worse news.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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So stood our fathers when Blucher's laggard step hung back from Waterloo.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales
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Champaubert, which a century ago witnessed the victories of our ancestors over Blucher's Prussians, your vigorous offensive has triumphed over the resistance of the Germans.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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