What is "massena"

Usage examples of "massena".

Marshal Massena would march into an empty land and then find himself facing the Lines of Torres Vedras.

And the Peer is gathering troops there in hope of giving Monsieur Massena a bloody nose.

They are under orders to alert us if they see any sign of the enemy, but no word has come, so we must hope Massena is ignorant of the route.

The Emperor had taken the other in a shooting accident while they were hunting, and, ever since, Massena had worn a patch.

The rest of Europe was at peace, cowed into submission by the armies of France, and so Napoleon had sent reinforcements into Spain, had formed this new Army of Portugal that had been entrusted to Massena, and the Emperor expected Lisbon to be captured before the leaves fell.

Beneath them Marshal Massena wondered whether Henriette would find the beds in the monastery comfortable, and whether he would be named Prince of Portugal and whether his cook could find something palatable among the discarded British rations to make for supper.

The last of the Frenchmen broke, pursued by redcoats, and some were caught in the village where the blades went to work again and the cobbles and the white stones of the houses were painted with more blood and the screams could be heard down in the valley where Massena watched, open-mouthed.

The one-eyed Massena stared hard at Ferreira who returned the gaze, seeing how old and tired the Frenchman looked.

Poquelin ordered, confident that Marshal Massena would approve of his idea to use Portuguese civilians as draught animals.

Yet he wanted to convey the good news to Massena, and the Marshal would surely pay when he heard that the army had more than enough food to see it to Lisbon.

She disliked the crucifixes hanging on the walls so Massena jettisoned them through the window, then asked what she would like to eat.

Generals assembled in the dining room where Massena planned the next stage of the campaign.

The Emperor had ordered that Massena was to be given 130,000 men for the invasion, but less than half that number had assembled on the frontier and when Massena had pleaded for more men, the Emperor had sent a message that his present forces were adequate, that the enemy was risible and the task of invading Portugal easy.

Threaten it in one place, Massena thought, and launch the Eagles through the hills ten miles away.

The small picquets on the outlying streets, none larger than thirty men, fortified themselves in houses and waited for Marshal Massena to trounce the enemy and send reinforcements back to Coimbra.