A Complete History of England: From the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748. Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years, Volume 9 |
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... Mean while , Luxembourg , the prince of Conti , the count de Marfin , and the marechal de Joyeufe , charged on the right , and in different parts of the line , with fuch impetuofity as furmounted all refiftance . The camp of the con ...
... Mean while , Luxembourg , the prince of Conti , the count de Marfin , and the marechal de Joyeufe , charged on the right , and in different parts of the line , with fuch impetuofity as furmounted all refiftance . The camp of the con ...
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... Mean while Catinat being reinforced , defcended into the plains . The duke was fo apprehenfive of Turin , that he abandoned the fiege of Pignerol , after having blown up the fort , and marched in queft of the enemy to the plain of ...
... Mean while Catinat being reinforced , defcended into the plains . The duke was fo apprehenfive of Turin , that he abandoned the fiege of Pignerol , after having blown up the fort , and marched in queft of the enemy to the plain of ...
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... Mean while , the main body and the A. C. 1693 . other wing fuftained the charge without flinching , until they were expofed in flank by the defeat of the cavalry : then the whole front gave way . In vain the fecond line was brought up ...
... Mean while , the main body and the A. C. 1693 . other wing fuftained the charge without flinching , until they were expofed in flank by the defeat of the cavalry : then the whole front gave way . In vain the fecond line was brought up ...
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... mean time , general Heufleur , who commanded the Imperialists in Tranfylvania , reduced the for- treffes of Jeno and Villagufwar . In the beginning of July , the duke de Croy affumed the chief com- mand of the German army , paffed the ...
... mean time , general Heufleur , who commanded the Imperialists in Tranfylvania , reduced the for- treffes of Jeno and Villagufwar . In the beginning of July , the duke de Croy affumed the chief com- mand of the German army , paffed the ...
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... Mean while Rooke ftood off with a fresh gale , and on the nineteenth fent home the Lark ship of war , with the news of his misfor- tune ; then he bore away for the Maderas , where having taken in wood and water , he fet fail for Ire ...
... Mean while Rooke ftood off with a fresh gale , and on the nineteenth fent home the Lark ship of war , with the news of his misfor- tune ; then he bore away for the Maderas , where having taken in wood and water , he fet fail for Ire ...
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