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Napoleon ordered Regnier and Bertrand to march suddenly from Dresden on Berlin, in the hope of recalling Blucher; but the veteran persisted.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906
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There were fourteen hundred men on board the "Blucher" and most of them were burned in the water.
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On board the "Blucher" there were the three hundred Gestapo officers which were to have had control.
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The German ships proceeded and came up very close to this fortress and the fortress opened fire on the leading ship, the "Blucher".
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Mr. Pease had never seen a locomotive at work, and had taken it for granted that horses would be used; but he went up to Killingworth and rode on the "Blucher" with Stephenson, while it hauled a train of loaded cars.
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This engine was named "Blucher," after the distinguished Prussian field-marshal.
Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Joy, James Richard, 1863- 1902
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"Blucher," he can't help but make the sound of a whinnying horse a second afterward.
ajc.com - News 2010
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Most of the students drove Saabs or BMWs, and we all wore Blucher moccasins from L.L. Bean, with our shirt collars turned up.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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Most of the students drove Saabs or BMWs, and we all wore Blucher moccasins from L.L. Bean, with our shirt collars turned up.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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Gebhard von Blucher, leader of the Prussian forces against Napoleon; Count
Letter 292 2009
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