Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton, an English Officer: Including Anecdotes of the War in Spain Under the Earl of Peterborough, and Many Interesting Particulars Relating to the Manners of the Spaniards in the Beginning of the Last Century |
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Page 172
... Mahoni , by the orders of the Duke of Arcos , who commanded the troops of the Duke of Anjou in the kingdom of Molviedro Valencia , had taken care to secure . Mol- described . viedro , though not very strong , is a walled Saguntum . town ...
... Mahoni , by the orders of the Duke of Arcos , who commanded the troops of the Duke of Anjou in the kingdom of Molviedro Valencia , had taken care to secure . Mol- described . viedro , though not very strong , is a walled Saguntum . town ...
Page 173
... Mahoni commanded , with eight hundred men , be- sides inhabitants ; which , together with our having but little artillery , induced the of- ficers , under the Earl of Peterborow , rea- sonably enough to imagine and declare , that there ...
... Mahoni commanded , with eight hundred men , be- sides inhabitants ; which , together with our having but little artillery , induced the of- ficers , under the Earl of Peterborow , rea- sonably enough to imagine and declare , that there ...
Page 174
... Mahoni to the interest of King Charles ; proposing some things extravagant enough , ( as Mahoni himself some time after told me , ) to stagger the faith of a catholic ; but all to little purpose ; Mahoni was inflex- ible , which obliged ...
... Mahoni to the interest of King Charles ; proposing some things extravagant enough , ( as Mahoni himself some time after told me , ) to stagger the faith of a catholic ; but all to little purpose ; Mahoni was inflex- ible , which obliged ...
Page 176
... Mahoni . But finding this equally fruitless , whether it was that he tacitly reproached the officer with a want of consideration in neglecting to fol- low the example of his commander , or what else , he created in that officer such a ...
... Mahoni . But finding this equally fruitless , whether it was that he tacitly reproached the officer with a want of consideration in neglecting to fol- low the example of his commander , or what else , he created in that officer such a ...
Page 177
... Mahoni did not very soon send to the Duke a request to march over the plain , in order to put the concerted plot in execution . It was not long after this pretended discovery , before Mahoni did send indeed an officer to the Duke ...
... Mahoni did not very soon send to the Duke a request to march over the plain , in order to put the concerted plot in execution . It was not long after this pretended discovery , before Mahoni did send indeed an officer to the Duke ...
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