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Page 113
... army by forcing the King to agree to a militia bill . When asked to surrender his command of the army , Charles exclaimed " By God , not for an hour . " Now fearing an im- peachment of his Catholic queen , he prepared to take desperate ...
... army by forcing the King to agree to a militia bill . When asked to surrender his command of the army , Charles exclaimed " By God , not for an hour . " Now fearing an im- peachment of his Catholic queen , he prepared to take desperate ...
Page 114
... Army and gave him some regiments of Anglo - Irish troops in Spanish service , but proverty doomed this nucleus of a royalist army to impotence . European princes took little interest in Charles and his cause , and his proffers of ...
... Army and gave him some regiments of Anglo - Irish troops in Spanish service , but proverty doomed this nucleus of a royalist army to impotence . European princes took little interest in Charles and his cause , and his proffers of ...
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... army reformer , and military theoretician who was one of the few Allied commanders capable of defeating the French generals of the Napoleonic period . He Archduke Charles of Austria , detail of a portrait by an unknown artist By ...
... army reformer , and military theoretician who was one of the few Allied commanders capable of defeating the French generals of the Napoleonic period . He Archduke Charles of Austria , detail of a portrait by an unknown artist By ...
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