The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1789 - History |
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... river St. Laurence , under the convoy of fix frigates from 44 to 26 guns . By this fquadron , which there was no- thing to oppofe , he acquired the undifputed command of the river , a point of the greatest importance to the whole defign ...
... river St. Laurence , under the convoy of fix frigates from 44 to 26 guns . By this fquadron , which there was no- thing to oppofe , he acquired the undifputed command of the river , a point of the greatest importance to the whole defign ...
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... river . These are matters not fo eafily comprehended by those who are at a distance from the scene of action ; their circumstances may have given these reasons their due weight ; and they had the greater influence from the character of ...
... river . These are matters not fo eafily comprehended by those who are at a distance from the scene of action ; their circumstances may have given these reasons their due weight ; and they had the greater influence from the character of ...
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... river Warta , that falls here into the Oder , makes the transport of provifions , and confequently the fubfiftence of the armies that act against him , more easy . As to Silefia , it is covered on the Bohe CHA P. IV . The Auftrians take ...
... river Warta , that falls here into the Oder , makes the transport of provifions , and confequently the fubfiftence of the armies that act against him , more easy . As to Silefia , it is covered on the Bohe CHA P. IV . The Auftrians take ...
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... river and the Multa : ftrongly entrenching it where it had not been previoully fortified by nature ; and furnished it with fo numerous an artillery , that they reckoned in their front only 250 pieces of cannon . In this fituation he ...
... river and the Multa : ftrongly entrenching it where it had not been previoully fortified by nature ; and furnished it with fo numerous an artillery , that they reckoned in their front only 250 pieces of cannon . In this fituation he ...
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... river Dymel . As yet they had received no advice of the dreaded junction of the French armies : but as it was imagined that the corps of St Germain only moved that way , and the vanguard enly of that corps could be arrived at Corbach ...
... river Dymel . As yet they had received no advice of the dreaded junction of the French armies : but as it was imagined that the corps of St Germain only moved that way , and the vanguard enly of that corps could be arrived at Corbach ...
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