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发表于 2012-4-3 19:45:02
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http://napoleonic-literature.com/RA_Journal/Marshal_Macdonald.pdf
Half way up the mountain an avalanche slipped on the column, carried off thirty men and cut off the vanguard, which with difficulty succeeded in reaching the summit and taking, refuge in the hospice. The remainder were driven back by a violent storm to the village. After three days the weather cleared and Macdonald, disregarding all remonstrances of the guides, insisted on starting again. They reached the summit, but further than that the guides refused to venture, until Macdonald going to the front struggled on at the head of the column sounding the ice for himself, and giving directions for the clearing of the snow and the rescue work for those who were carried away. The day after leaving the village of Splügen the weather became worse, and during the passage of the Cardinel avalanches were of frequent occurrence, one whole regiment, was practically swept away, and Vandamme with the rear guard was entirely cut off from the main body, and for a time lost all traces of them. Men, horses, mules and equipment were lost in the crevasses and slopes of ice, but the French army struggled on amidst driving snowstorms and falling avalanches until they finally reached Chiavenna on December 6th, having lost 100 men in the last day’s march. |
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