The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Volume 1 |
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... army , fixed his head quarters at Metz , and occupied Nancy , Thionville , and Luneville . The cordon , or line of communication , was thus extended from the banks of the Meuse to the Moselle , and retained in check the important ...
... army , fixed his head quarters at Metz , and occupied Nancy , Thionville , and Luneville . The cordon , or line of communication , was thus extended from the banks of the Meuse to the Moselle , and retained in check the important ...
Page 61
... army . In the month of May he arrived in the neighbourhood of Serin- gapatam , where he found Tippoo very strongly posted , and protected in front and flank by swamps and mountains . Not deterred by these difficulties , the British ...
... army . In the month of May he arrived in the neighbourhood of Serin- gapatam , where he found Tippoo very strongly posted , and protected in front and flank by swamps and mountains . Not deterred by these difficulties , the British ...
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... army , near Valenciennes , where he received the wel- come intelligence that Pache , a Girondist and confidant of Roland , had succeeded Servan , as minister of war . 8 The preliminary measures of the French convention were directed to ...
... army , near Valenciennes , where he received the wel- come intelligence that Pache , a Girondist and confidant of Roland , had succeeded Servan , as minister of war . 8 The preliminary measures of the French convention were directed to ...
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... army , to annoy it as much as possible with red hot balls and bombs , but to attempt no regular siege on account of the lateness and severity of the season : he was ordered , as soon as he should re- ceive information that the general ...
... army , to annoy it as much as possible with red hot balls and bombs , but to attempt no regular siege on account of the lateness and severity of the season : he was ordered , as soon as he should re- ceive information that the general ...
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... army were now driven from post to post , with a very con- siderable loss of men , artillery , and military stores ; and the shattered remains of this once formidable force , with great difficulty , assembled at Liege . The covering army ...
... army were now driven from post to post , with a very con- siderable loss of men , artillery , and military stores ; and the shattered remains of this once formidable force , with great difficulty , assembled at Liege . The covering army ...
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