Napoleon was ______at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
A: sublimated
B: interspersed
C: vanquished
D: interposed
A: sublimated
B: interspersed
C: vanquished
D: interposed
举一反三
- Victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) and the (1815) under Admiral Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington brought a sense of triumphalism and political reaction.
- What did Napoleon decide to do after the battle at Smolensk?
- Napoleon's army now advances and the great battle _______. A: begin B: begins C: has begun D: had begun
- While meeting visitors in ____, Napoleon said “It seems to this day that the lion fell asleep and even the fly dared to sound on its face. Once China is awakened, the world will shake.” A: Paris B: St. Helena Island C: Moscow D: Waterloo
- In the spring of 1812, Napoleon _________ an army of six hundred thousand men on the borders of Russia. The soldiers were well trained, ________, and well equipped. Shortly afterwards, Napoleon’s army crossed the Neman River into Russia. In August, the French and Russian armies _________ at Smolensk, in a battle that left over ten thousand dead on each side. Napoleon ________ of pressing on to Moscow, 448 kilometers away. On September 7, 1812, the French and Russian armies met in ______ battle at Borodino, 112 kilometers west of Moscow. Again, the Russian army retreated to safety. Napoleon had a clear path to Moscow, but the ________ of the city became an empty victory.