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... Advance in his religious ideas led him to seek the freer atmosphere of Strassburg in the autumn of 1529. To his translation ( 1530 ) of a Latin Chronicle and Description of Turkey , by a Transylvanian captive , which had been prefaced ...
... Advance in his religious ideas led him to seek the freer atmosphere of Strassburg in the autumn of 1529. To his translation ( 1530 ) of a Latin Chronicle and Description of Turkey , by a Transylvanian captive , which had been prefaced ...
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... advance to distract the enemy's attention from the I. and II . armies ; but , like the French generals , the crown prince pleaded that he could not move until his trains were complete . Fortunately for the Germans , the French ...
... advance to distract the enemy's attention from the I. and II . armies ; but , like the French generals , the crown prince pleaded that he could not move until his trains were complete . Fortunately for the Germans , the French ...
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... advance . Early on the 4th of August it crossed the frontier and fell upon a French detachment under Abel Douay , Action of which had been placed near Weissenburg , partly to burg . cover the Pigeonnier pass , but principally to consume ...
... advance . Early on the 4th of August it crossed the frontier and fell upon a French detachment under Abel Douay , Action of which had been placed near Weissenburg , partly to burg . cover the Pigeonnier pass , but principally to consume ...
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... advance to the Moselle were Issued . These were based , not on an exact knowledge of where the French army actually stood , but on the opinion Moltke had formed as to where it ought to have been on military grounds solely , overlooking ...
... advance to the Moselle were Issued . These were based , not on an exact knowledge of where the French army actually stood , but on the opinion Moltke had formed as to where it ought to have been on military grounds solely , overlooking ...
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... advance that it became evident to the Germans that there was no longer any necessity for the III . army to maintain the direction towards Paris , and that the probable point of contact between the Meuse army and the French lay nearer to ...
... advance that it became evident to the Germans that there was no longer any necessity for the III . army to maintain the direction towards Paris , and that the probable point of contact between the Meuse army and the French lay nearer to ...
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