How do you use Erlon in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Erlon in a sentence
Context around Erlon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Erlon
- In this selection, "erlon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include before d erlon s attack and d erlon like ney. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "erlon" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with erlon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Napoleon then attacks the allied left with d'Erlon 's infantry corps. (12 words)
Restaurants and bars are concentrated around Place Drouet d'Erlon in the city centre. (14 words)
D'Erlon's corps would then attack Wellington's left, break through, and roll up his line from east to west. (21 words)
And although elements of the Prussians now began to appear on the field to his right, Napoleon had already ordered Lobau's VI corps to move to the right flank to hold them back before D'Erlon's attack began. (40 words)
D'Erlon, like Ney, had encountered Wellington in Spain, and was aware of the British commander's favoured tactic of using massed short-range musketry to drive off infantry columns. (30 words)
An Allied division under Thomas Picton met the remainder of D'Erlon's corps head to head, engaging them in an infantry duel in which Picton fell. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
An Allied division under Thomas Picton met the remainder of D'Erlon's corps head to head, engaging them in an infantry duel in which Picton fell.
And although elements of the Prussians now began to appear on the field to his right, Napoleon had already ordered Lobau's VI corps to move to the right flank to hold them back before D'Erlon's attack began.
D'Erlon, like Ney, had encountered Wellington in Spain, and was aware of the British commander's favoured tactic of using massed short-range musketry to drive off infantry columns.
D'Erlon's corps would then attack Wellington's left, break through, and roll up his line from east to west.
D'Erlon's men ascended the slope and advanced on the sunken road, Chemin d'Ohain, that ran from behind La Haye Sainte and continued east.
Napoleon then attacks the allied left with d'Erlon 's infantry corps.
Restaurants and bars are concentrated around Place Drouet d'Erlon in the city centre.
The cuirassiers guarding d'Erlon's left flank were still dispersed, and so were swept over the deeply sunken main road and then routed.