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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... night . At which time the French , being pretty well surfeited , made their retreat . Nevertheless , to secure of Seneff . French quit the field . by a stratagem , they left their lighted matches hanging 20 MEMOIRS OF.
... night . At which time the French , being pretty well surfeited , made their retreat . Nevertheless , to secure of Seneff . French quit the field . by a stratagem , they left their lighted matches hanging 20 MEMOIRS OF.
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... retreat , as had been slain in the onset , and the enemy most triumphantly again took possession of it.- Among the slain on our side in this ac- tion , was an ensign of Sir John Fenwick's regiment ; and as an approbation of my ser ...
... retreat , as had been slain in the onset , and the enemy most triumphantly again took possession of it.- Among the slain on our side in this ac- tion , was an ensign of Sir John Fenwick's regiment ; and as an approbation of my ser ...
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... retreat . St Omers surrenders . the raising the siege . Upon his appearing , the Duke of Orleans , to whose ... retreat of the Prince , Saint Omers was surrendered . Upon this retreat , the Prince marching back , lay 40 MEMOIRS OF.
... retreat . St Omers surrenders . the raising the siege . Upon his appearing , the Duke of Orleans , to whose ... retreat of the Prince , Saint Omers was surrendered . Upon this retreat , the Prince marching back , lay 40 MEMOIRS OF.
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... retreat , the Prince marching back , lay for some time among the boors , who , from the good discipline which he took care to make his troops observe , did not give us their customary boorish recep- tion . And yet as secure as we might ...
... retreat , the Prince marching back , lay for some time among the boors , who , from the good discipline which he took care to make his troops observe , did not give us their customary boorish recep- tion . And yet as secure as we might ...
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... people re- into clouds , than flying from an ceived enemy . ' up Near this there was an old castle , called Lethendy , into which about fifty of them made their retreat , most of them gentle- men , CAPTAIN CARLETON . 55.
... people re- into clouds , than flying from an ceived enemy . ' up Near this there was an old castle , called Lethendy , into which about fifty of them made their retreat , most of them gentle- men , CAPTAIN CARLETON . 55.
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