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... in the town , they must have become masters of the place . It is even confidently said , that the French com- mandant sent his aid - de - camp to propose a capitulation ; but the officer being killed in the confusion TO HIS KINSFOLK . 23.
... in the town , they must have become masters of the place . It is even confidently said , that the French com- mandant sent his aid - de - camp to propose a capitulation ; but the officer being killed in the confusion TO HIS KINSFOLK . 23.
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... officer in our service , who led the attack upon one of the bastions , was particularly interesting . He was a native of the town , and it was supposed had been useful in furnishing hints for the attack . He led on his party with the ...
... officer in our service , who led the attack upon one of the bastions , was particularly interesting . He was a native of the town , and it was supposed had been useful in furnishing hints for the attack . He led on his party with the ...
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... , as well as more re- cent and more triumphant , military details . I must not omit to mention , that in the church of Bergen - op - Zoom , a tablet of mar- ble , erected by their brother officers , records the TO HIS KINSFOLK . 27.
... , as well as more re- cent and more triumphant , military details . I must not omit to mention , that in the church of Bergen - op - Zoom , a tablet of mar- ble , erected by their brother officers , records the TO HIS KINSFOLK . 27.
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... the emblematic forms of Honour and Freedom weeping by : their monuments . Once more farewell , and remember me . } LETTER III . PAUL TO HIS COUSIN PETER . THY 28 PAUL'S LETTERS ble, erected by their brother officers, records ...
... the emblematic forms of Honour and Freedom weeping by : their monuments . Once more farewell , and remember me . } LETTER III . PAUL TO HIS COUSIN PETER . THY 28 PAUL'S LETTERS ble, erected by their brother officers, records ...
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... officers . To the mareschals and generals he was even more distant and haughty than to his other subjects . Thus he connected himself inti- mately and personally with the main body of the army itself , but countenanced no inter- mediate ...
... officers . To the mareschals and generals he was even more distant and haughty than to his other subjects . Thus he connected himself inti- mately and personally with the main body of the army itself , but countenanced no inter- mediate ...
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