The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 11Hugh Chisholm Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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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 His Wellbuch , a supplement to his Chronica , was printed at Tübingen in 1534 ...
... 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 His Wellbuch , a supplement to his Chronica , was printed at Tübingen in 1534 ...
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... and the troops were without transport and supplies . Never- theless , since speed was the essence of the contract , the troops Positions of the French forces . | Next day the advance was resumed , the two 6 FRANCO - GERMAN WAR.
... and the troops were without transport and supplies . Never- theless , since speed was the essence of the contract , the troops Positions of the French forces . | Next day the advance was resumed , the two 6 FRANCO - GERMAN WAR.
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... advance to distract the enemy's attention from the I. and II . armics ; 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 . armics ; 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 was resumed , the two Bavarian corps moving via Mattstall through the foothills of the Vosges , the V. corps on their left towards Preuschdorf , and the XI . farther to the left again , through the wooded plain of the Rhine ...
... advance was resumed , the two Bavarian corps moving via Mattstall through the foothills of the Vosges , the V. corps on their left towards Preuschdorf , and the XI . farther to the left again , through the wooded plain of the Rhine ...
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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 Advance Moltke had formed as to where it ought to have been to the Moselle . on military ...
... 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 Advance Moltke had formed as to where it ought to have been to the Moselle . on military ...
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