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... Frederick to meet at Eidsvoll , 40 miles north of Christiania . It drew up a constitution on May 17 , 1814 ( which still exists ) , and elected Christian Frederick to the throne of Norway . Norwegian independence got no support from the ...
... Frederick to meet at Eidsvoll , 40 miles north of Christiania . It drew up a constitution on May 17 , 1814 ( which still exists ) , and elected Christian Frederick to the throne of Norway . Norwegian independence got no support from the ...
Page 579
... Frederick , who had been facing Daun , promptly marched northward also , hoping to prevent the Austro - Russian junction ; but he failed to do so . Having joined forces with Wedel and Friedrich von Finck , so that he finally disposed of ...
... Frederick , who had been facing Daun , promptly marched northward also , hoping to prevent the Austro - Russian junction ; but he failed to do so . Having joined forces with Wedel and Friedrich von Finck , so that he finally disposed of ...
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... Frederick . Daun had been given the Austrian command in Silesia in Laudon's place . Before Catherine's recall of Cherny- shev had become effective , when Frederick was trying to recapture Schweidnitz , Daun marched to relieve it but was ...
... Frederick . Daun had been given the Austrian command in Silesia in Laudon's place . Before Catherine's recall of Cherny- shev had become effective , when Frederick was trying to recapture Schweidnitz , Daun marched to relieve it but was ...
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