The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Volume 1 |
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... British Army - Desertion of the Confederacy by Prussia - Invasion of Spain -- Naval Exploits of Hotham and Cornwallis - War in La Vendée- Unfortunate Expedition to Quiberon- Distresses of the Loyalists and Emigrants . Page 147 CHAP . X ...
... British Army - Desertion of the Confederacy by Prussia - Invasion of Spain -- Naval Exploits of Hotham and Cornwallis - War in La Vendée- Unfortunate Expedition to Quiberon- Distresses of the Loyalists and Emigrants . Page 147 CHAP . X ...
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... British constitution , though defective in theory , was in practice excel- lently adapted to this country . He re- peated , however , his praises of the French revolution ; he thought it , on the whole , one of the most glorious events ...
... British constitution , though defective in theory , was in practice excel- lently adapted to this country . He re- peated , however , his praises of the French revolution ; he thought it , on the whole , one of the most glorious events ...
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... British government before it had expe- rienced extreme provocation from that of France , we may adduce the words of the emperor Leopold to the marquis de Bouillé , after the conferences at Pilnitz . Speaking of the invitation given to ...
... British government before it had expe- rienced extreme provocation from that of France , we may adduce the words of the emperor Leopold to the marquis de Bouillé , after the conferences at Pilnitz . Speaking of the invitation given to ...
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... British , it did not answer expectation , and lord Cornwallis found it expedient to take the field in per- son in the course of the following year . In March 1791 , he proceeded to Mysore by the eastern Gauts , and having sur- mounted ...
... British , it did not answer expectation , and lord Cornwallis found it expedient to take the field in per- son in the course of the following year . In March 1791 , he proceeded to Mysore by the eastern Gauts , and having sur- mounted ...
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... British were in the end victorious , it was not till after the loss of 104 men killed and wounded . During the nights of the 22nd and 23rd of February , new works were erected ; and two breaching batteries , one of 20 and the other of ...
... British were in the end victorious , it was not till after the loss of 104 men killed and wounded . During the nights of the 22nd and 23rd of February , new works were erected ; and two breaching batteries , one of 20 and the other of ...
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