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... French Armies in Germany August 10 , 1813 Anecdote of a Cossack and a French Officer 56 ib , -- 57 ib , List of the Ex - French Generals now at the Head - Quarters of the Al- lied Armies - Brevet after the Battle of Vittoria Ceremonial ...
... French Armies in Germany August 10 , 1813 Anecdote of a Cossack and a French Officer 56 ib , -- 57 ib , List of the Ex - French Generals now at the Head - Quarters of the Al- lied Armies - Brevet after the Battle of Vittoria Ceremonial ...
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... French , mounted on dromedaries , were twice repulsed with great slaughter : the General , mounting his horse , rode to the place where the action began , and after a most dreadful conflict , wherein Lanusse , and many of the ...
... French , mounted on dromedaries , were twice repulsed with great slaughter : the General , mounting his horse , rode to the place where the action began , and after a most dreadful conflict , wherein Lanusse , and many of the ...
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... French upon the Rhine observed a discipline unexampled in the times of Turenne , of Condé , of Saxe , & c . A peasant having preferred a complaint , that two Staff Officers had broken open his granary , to get oats for their horses ...
... French upon the Rhine observed a discipline unexampled in the times of Turenne , of Condé , of Saxe , & c . A peasant having preferred a complaint , that two Staff Officers had broken open his granary , to get oats for their horses ...
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... French camp by its left . Instead of im- mediately marching with the army 80,000 strong , which he could dispose of , still continuing to blockade Mentz , he made the most disgraceful retreat ever recorded in history . Kleber , Marceau ...
... French camp by its left . Instead of im- mediately marching with the army 80,000 strong , which he could dispose of , still continuing to blockade Mentz , he made the most disgraceful retreat ever recorded in history . Kleber , Marceau ...
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... French force at Salamanca ; and , on the 24th , by instructions from Jourdan , in the name of Joseph Buonaparte , he prepared to advance with the utmost speed upon the rear of the English , by way of Placentia . Sir Arthur Wellesley ...
... French force at Salamanca ; and , on the 24th , by instructions from Jourdan , in the name of Joseph Buonaparte , he prepared to advance with the utmost speed upon the rear of the English , by way of Placentia . Sir Arthur Wellesley ...
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Side 229 - Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Side 174 - A dispatch, of which the following is an extract, has been this day received at Lord...
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Side 590 - Campbell, and all the officers of my personal staff, and his serene highness the prince of Orange. The artillery which was in the field was of great use to us; and I cannot sufficiently acknowledge the intelligence and activity with which it was brought to the point of attack, under the direction of colonel Dickson, over the bad roads through the mountains, at this season of the year.
Side 616 - One while he formed the project of becoming Duke of Courland ; at another he thought of bestowing on himself the crown of Poland. He frequently gave intimations of an intention to make himself a bishop or even a simple monk. He built a superb palace, and wanted to sell it before it was finished.
Side 511 - ... both flanks : but on reconnoitring their position, and not being prepared to occupy it after it should be carried, prudence required that the troops who had behaved so bravely, and who were still willing to attempt any thing, however arduous, should not be exposed to a certain loss, when the extent of the advantage could not be ascertained.
Side 166 - At this point the further energies of. the troops became unavailing. Their block-house and stockaded battery could not be carried by assault, nor reduced by fieldpieces, had we been provided with them — the fire of the gunboats proved inefficient to attain that end — light and adverse winds continued, and our large vessels were still far off.
Side 555 - Europe at length approaches her deliverance, and England шау triumphantly look forward to reap, in conjunction with her Allies, that glory her unexampled and steady efforts in the common cause so justly entitle her to receive.