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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... army of twenty - five thousand French , although his own forces never amounted to half that number . All difficulties sunk before the creative power of his genius . Doom- ed as he was , by the infatuated folly of Charles , and by the ...
... army of twenty - five thousand French , although his own forces never amounted to half that number . All difficulties sunk before the creative power of his genius . Doom- ed as he was , by the infatuated folly of Charles , and by the ...
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... army in * The Memoirs were first printed in 1743 , with the following comprehensive title page : - " The Memoirs of Captain George Carleton , an English officer , who served in the two last wars against France and Spain , and was ...
... army in * The Memoirs were first printed in 1743 , with the following comprehensive title page : - " The Memoirs of Captain George Carleton , an English officer , who served in the two last wars against France and Spain , and was ...
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... army * The Memoirs were first printed in 1743 , with the following comprehensive title page : - " The Memoirs of Captain George Carleton , an English officer , who served in the two last wars against France and Spain , and was present ...
... army * The Memoirs were first printed in 1743 , with the following comprehensive title page : - " The Memoirs of Captain George Carleton , an English officer , who served in the two last wars against France and Spain , and was present ...
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... army against the Dutch . The two fleets of France and England joined the 2d May . The English consisting of 100 , and the French of 40 sail . The States had 72 large ships and 40 frigates . Α The fleet set sail from the buoy of the Nore ...
... army against the Dutch . The two fleets of France and England joined the 2d May . The English consisting of 100 , and the French of 40 sail . The States had 72 large ships and 40 frigates . Α The fleet set sail from the buoy of the Nore ...
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... army commanded by his highness the Prince of Orange . I took my passage accordingly at Dover for Calais , and so went by way of Dunkirk for Brussels . Arriving at which place , I'was informed that the army CAPTAIN CARLETON . 13.
... army commanded by his highness the Prince of Orange . I took my passage accordingly at Dover for Calais , and so went by way of Dunkirk for Brussels . Arriving at which place , I'was informed that the army CAPTAIN CARLETON . 13.
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