The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 3J. Dodsley, 1764 - 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 . Thefe are matters not fo eafily com- prehended by those who are at a dif- tance from the scene of action ; there circumftances may have given thefe reafons their due weight ; and they had the greater influence from the character ...
... river . Thefe are matters not fo eafily com- prehended by those who are at a dif- tance from the scene of action ; there circumftances may have given thefe reafons their due weight ; and they had the greater influence from the character ...
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... river .. On the 15th , a fhip of the line and a frigate arrived ; the next morning the two frigates were sent to attack the French fquadron above the town . They executed their com- miffions fo well , that in a moment all the French ...
... river .. On the 15th , a fhip of the line and a frigate arrived ; the next morning the two frigates were sent to attack the French fquadron above the town . They executed their com- miffions fo well , that in a moment all the French ...
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... river Warta that falls here into the Oder , makes the tranfport of pro- vifions , and confequently the fub- fiftence of the armies that act against him , more eafy . As to Silefia , it is covered on the Bohe- * CHA P. IV . The Auftrians ...
... river Warta that falls here into the Oder , makes the tranfport of pro- vifions , and confequently the fub- fiftence of the armies that act against him , more eafy . As to Silefia , it is covered on the Bohe- * CHA P. IV . The Auftrians ...
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... river and the Multa ; ftrongly entrenching it where it had not been previously 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 previously 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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