Pultusk

This is the battle of Pultusk, which is considered a great victory but in my opinion was nothing of the kind.

War and Peace 2003

This is the battle of Pultusk, which is considered a great victory but in my opinion was nothing of the kind.

War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869

You have brought your army corps to Pultusk, routed: here it is exposed, and without fuel or forage, so something must be done, and, as you yourself reported to Count

War and Peace 2003

Those who retreat after a battle have lost it is what we say; and according to that it is we who lost the battle of Pultusk.

War and Peace 2003

But at the critical moment the courier who carried the news of our victory at Pultusk to Petersburg returns bringing our appointment as commander in chief, and our first foe, Buxhowden, is vanquished; we can now turn our thoughts to the second, Bonaparte.

War and Peace 2003

Pultusk and Preussisch-Eylau, was concentrated near Bartenstein.

War and Peace 2003

That night the Russians commenced to evacuate Pultusk once more, part retiring up each bank of the Narew toward Östrolenka.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

The indecisive combats of Pultusk and Golymin, and the even more disappointing battle at Ionkovo and Bergfreid are indicative of at least a temporary decline in the efficiency and inspiration of the tactical planning.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

It now transpired that Bennigsen had been reinforced by Buxhowden to the north of Pultusk, but it appeared to the French that the enemy was still intending to retire.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

A series of corps depots were built up along the banks of the Vistula and at Pultusk, and the various formations were told off to bivouac in carefully allotted areas.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966