History of the Wars of the French Revolution ...: Comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France During that Period, with an Original History of the Last War Between the United States and Great Britain by William Grimshaw, Tom 2Bangs, 1855 |
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... Position -- French Position - Battle of Waterloo on the 18th - Furious Attacks made by the French on the Right , the Centre , and the Left of the British Positions - Progress of the En- gagement - The British Centre carried - The French ...
... Position -- French Position - Battle of Waterloo on the 18th - Furious Attacks made by the French on the Right , the Centre , and the Left of the British Positions - Progress of the En- gagement - The British Centre carried - The French ...
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... position , and return to the main body ; but these orders were most unfortunately intercepted . General Stew- art himself immediately withdrew , with his army formed in a hollow square , taking with him all the cannon and ammunition ...
... position , and return to the main body ; but these orders were most unfortunately intercepted . General Stew- art himself immediately withdrew , with his army formed in a hollow square , taking with him all the cannon and ammunition ...
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... position in front of the enemy's principal defences . Lieutenant - colonel Pack , with the left division of General Crawford's bri- gade , had advanced nearly to the river , where he was to occupy the Jesuits ' Col- lege , which ...
... position in front of the enemy's principal defences . Lieutenant - colonel Pack , with the left division of General Crawford's bri- gade , had advanced nearly to the river , where he was to occupy the Jesuits ' Col- lege , which ...
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... position along the banks To this note , dated the 9th of December , of the Aragon and the Ebro ; the division no official answer was returned , either by of the Duke of Echlingen was at Guarda ; the Emperor of France or Russia , and ...
... position along the banks To this note , dated the 9th of December , of the Aragon and the Ebro ; the division no official answer was returned , either by of the Duke of Echlingen was at Guarda ; the Emperor of France or Russia , and ...
Strona 61
... positions in the chain of mountains which stretch from east to west , along the boundary of the province of Bis- scay ... position from Tarragona to Tudela , John Moore ; and upon the latter receiving VOL . II . 6 defeated and dispersed ...
... positions in the chain of mountains which stretch from east to west , along the boundary of the province of Bis- scay ... position from Tarragona to Tudela , John Moore ; and upon the latter receiving VOL . II . 6 defeated and dispersed ...
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Strona 483 - Bulow, upon the enemy's flank, was a most decisive one ; and even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack, which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortunately have succeeded.
Strona 338 - The allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the only obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces for himself and his heirs, the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, even that of life, which he is not ready to make for the interests of France.
Strona 38 - Whereas the German Government has issued certain Orders which, in violation of the usages of war, purport to declare the waters surrounding the United Kingdom a military area, in which all British and allied merchant vessels will be destroyed irrespective of the safety .of the lives of passengers and crew, and in which neutral shipping will be exposed to similar danger in view of the uncertainties of naval...
Strona 38 - And the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and courts of viceadmiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them shall respectively appertain. W. FAWKENER.
Strona 148 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Strona 255 - British empire ; it is highly advisable to provide for the removal of the civil and military disqualifications under which : His Majesty's Roman...
Strona 351 - It is not, however, the grandeur of military success which has alone fixed our admiration, or commanded our applause. It has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know that the day of battle was always a day of victory ; that moral courage and enduring fortitude which in perilous times, when gloom and doubt had beset ordinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken, and that ascendency of character, which, uniting the energies of jealous...
Strona 149 - That it is the opinion of this committee, That it is the right and duty of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons of Great Britain now assembled, and lawfully, fully, and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm, to provide the means of supplying the defect of the personal exercise of the royal authority, arising from his majesty's said indisposition, in such manner as the exigency of the case may appear to require.
Strona 38 - And whereas, by the same order, "all trading in English merchandise is prohibited, and every article of merchandise belonging to England, or coming from her colonies, or of her manufacture, is declared lawful prize...
Strona 38 - British flag is excluded, and all ports or places in the colonies belonging to His Majesty's enemies, shall, from henceforth, be subject to the same restrictions in point of trade and navigation, with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned, as if the same were actually blockaded by His Majesty's naval forces, in the most strict and rigorous manner...