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Page 173
... English more dismayed . · 7. The raising of the siege of Orleans was one part of her promise to Charles ; the other , which was his coronation at Rheims , yet remained to be performed , and appeared a work of some difficulty . Rheims ...
... English more dismayed . · 7. The raising of the siege of Orleans was one part of her promise to Charles ; the other , which was his coronation at Rheims , yet remained to be performed , and appeared a work of some difficulty . Rheims ...
Page 326
... English seamen are characterized - they extinguished the flames on board their own ship , and then hastened to extin- guish them in the enemy , by throwing buckets of water from the gangway . 16. What the English would have done from ...
... English seamen are characterized - they extinguished the flames on board their own ship , and then hastened to extin- guish them in the enemy , by throwing buckets of water from the gangway . 16. What the English would have done from ...
Page 348
... English line . In this order he marched to the attack , advancing in his front about one thousand five hundred militia and Indians , who were shel- tered by bushes , from whence they kept up on the English an irregular and galling fire ...
... English line . In this order he marched to the attack , advancing in his front about one thousand five hundred militia and Indians , who were shel- tered by bushes , from whence they kept up on the English an irregular and galling fire ...
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