Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G.: Waterloo, the campaign in France, and the capitulation of Paris by a military convention with the allied British and Prussian armies, 1815J. Murray, 1863 - Great Britain |
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... person whatever may be tried by a general court martial , and where your powers are not sufficient to enable you to decide finally upon the proceedings , opinion , and sentence of the court , that you do not permit the prisoner to ...
... person whatever may be tried by a general court martial , and where your powers are not sufficient to enable you to decide finally upon the proceedings , opinion , and sentence of the court , that you do not permit the prisoner to ...
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... persons , the greater part of whom are most respectable judges and members of his council of state , who refused to sign the late addresses presented to him . This measure has done him more harm than if he had exiled a hundred old ...
... persons , the greater part of whom are most respectable judges and members of his council of state , who refused to sign the late addresses presented to him . This measure has done him more harm than if he had exiled a hundred old ...
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... person who ought to be well informed that the French army , which amounted to 85,000 men under Soult's ministry , is now of 125,000 men , and will be shortly of 200,000 men . I am certain that secret orders have been sent to the ...
... person who ought to be well informed that the French army , which amounted to 85,000 men under Soult's ministry , is now of 125,000 men , and will be shortly of 200,000 men . I am certain that secret orders have been sent to the ...
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... person who tells idle stories for his pleasure . I have the honour to be , my Lord , with great consideration , Your Lordship's most obedient and most humble servant , At Messrs . Coutts and Co.'s , Bankers , Strand . J. FRISSELL . The ...
... person who tells idle stories for his pleasure . I have the honour to be , my Lord , with great consideration , Your Lordship's most obedient and most humble servant , At Messrs . Coutts and Co.'s , Bankers , Strand . J. FRISSELL . The ...
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... person on the part of England . 14. The Allies consider themselves as being in an intermediate state , and will not declare till their forces are assembled . The Duke considers a temporary delay on this point as desirable for Belgium ...
... person on the part of England . 14. The Allies consider themselves as being in an intermediate state , and will not declare till their forces are assembled . The Duke considers a temporary delay on this point as desirable for Belgium ...
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Alliés April armées army arrived artillery autres avait avant avoir Avril bataillons Bathurst battalion bien Blücher brigade Bruxelles Buonaparte c'est Castlereagh cavalry Colonel command Comte considération contre corps d'armée d'après d'être d'infanterie d'une DEAR LORD département despatch deux division doit Dörnberg droite Duke of Wellington état été être faire fait Field Marshal FitzRoy Somerset force Français France garde nationale garnison Général généraux Grace guerre Hanoverian Haut Rhin haute heures hommes honour humble servant infantry jours Juin June jusqu'à King King's German Legion l'armée l'ennemi letter ligne Lord Castlereagh Lord Duke Louis XVIII Majesty Maréchal Marshal the Duke Maubeuge ment militaire mois Monsieur le Duc moyens n'est Napoléon officers ordres Ostend Paris partie peuple peut pouvoir premier prendre Prince Prince of Orange Prussian Puissances qu'elle qu'il qu'on quartier-général quelques regiments Royal sera serait seront sous tout troops troupes Valenciennes Viscount Castlereagh
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Page 358 - ... se seront retirés au premier avertissement des autorités civiles ou militaires , ou même depuis , lorsqu'ils n'auront été saisis que hors des lieux de la réunion séditieuse , sans opposer de résistance et sans armes.
Page 322 - Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : — ARTICLE I.
Page 432 - I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the -Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State for...
Page 455 - Je suis, MONSIEUR, avec le plus profond respect, votre très humble et très obéissant serviteur et fils.
Page 613 - L'unité du ministère est la plus forte que je puisse offrir; j'entends qu'elle existe, et que la marche franche et assurée de mon conseil garantisse tous les intérêts et calme toutes les inquiétudes. On a parlé, dans les derniers temps, du rétablissement de la dîme et des droits féodaux. Cette fable , inventée par l'ennemi commun, n'a pas besoin d'être réfutée. On ne s'attendra pas que le Roi de France s'abaisse jusqu'à repousser des calomnies et des mensonges.
Page 535 - I have every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which Mr. McGrigor conducted the department under his directions, and I consider him one of the most able, industrious, and successful public servants I have ever met with.
Page 356 - Puissance ennemie, sans avoir pour objet l'un des crimes énoncés eu l'article précédent, a néanmoins eu pour résultat de fournir aux ennemis des instructions nuisibles à la situation militaire ou politique de la France ou de ses alliés, ceux qui auront entretenu cette correspondance seront punis...
Page 357 - L'attentat dont le but sera, soit d'exciter la guerre civile en armant ou en portant les citoyens ou habitants à s'armer les uns contre les autres, soit de porter la dévastation, le massacre et le pillage dans, une ou plusieurs communes, sera puni de mort.
Page 360 - Si l'écrit mentionné en l'article précédent contient une provocation directe à la désobéissance aux lois ou autres actes de l'autorité publique, ou s'il tend à soulever ou armer une partie des citoyens contre les autres, le ministre [du culte] qui l'aura publié sera puni de la détention.
Page 78 - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.