The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to to Peace of Paris in 1763, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, Volume 51801 - Europe |
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... enemy , routed them with great slaughter , and took their cannon , baggage , and every thing belong- ing to their camp . Belgrade surrendered immediately after . peace of A.D. 1718 . The consequence of these two victories was the ...
... enemy , routed them with great slaughter , and took their cannon , baggage , and every thing belong- ing to their camp . Belgrade surrendered immediately after . peace of A.D. 1718 . The consequence of these two victories was the ...
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... enemy . They presented only to the broad- side of the ship , their slender prows , filled with expert marks- men , who fired at the enemy's port - holes with such exact- ness , as to confound the most experienced gunners . And when they ...
... enemy . They presented only to the broad- side of the ship , their slender prows , filled with expert marks- men , who fired at the enemy's port - holes with such exact- ness , as to confound the most experienced gunners . And when they ...
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... enemy . And many of those who were best acquaint- ed with Germany , and with military operations , considered that ... enemies , and attacked by my nearest relations , I " have no resource left but in your fidelity and valour . On " you ...
... enemy . And many of those who were best acquaint- ed with Germany , and with military operations , considered that ... enemies , and attacked by my nearest relations , I " have no resource left but in your fidelity and valour . On " you ...
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... enemy he left a small garrison in that city . He had ten leagues to march before he could reach the defiles . The ground was covered with snow , the cold excessively intense ; all the inhabitants of the country were his enemies , and ...
... enemy he left a small garrison in that city . He had ten leagues to march before he could reach the defiles . The ground was covered with snow , the cold excessively intense ; all the inhabitants of the country were his enemies , and ...
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... enemy ; Noailles , who was posted on the op- posite side of the river , having already got possession of the ... enemy's cannon on the opposite banks ; and the French general , marching part of the main body of his army , which consisted ...
... enemy ; Noailles , who was posted on the op- posite side of the river , having already got possession of the ... enemy's cannon on the opposite banks ; and the French general , marching part of the main body of his army , which consisted ...
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