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1812.8
THE FLIGHT OF BONAPARTE FROM THE BATTLE OF KRASNOI:
or
THE THREE "OFFS"

“P.”
The Morning Chronicle (December 22, 1812)

"Brave KUTUS-off, and PLAT-off[1] too,
    Are names quite free from scoff, Sir;
But of the third, pray what think you
    Now BONAPARTE'S off, Sir?"

W-b-n.


1. Kutuzov, who fought the French at the Battle of Borodino, and Platov were leaders of the armies which drove the French from Russia in 1812.

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