The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 7J. Ballantyne and Company, 1816 - Europe |
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Page 167
... brigade to inter- cept and slaughter the bullocks in- tended to feed another , and the alter natives of waste and of famine were to be witnessed among the French sol- diers , even within the same lines . I have seen , " continued the ...
... brigade to inter- cept and slaughter the bullocks in- tended to feed another , and the alter natives of waste and of famine were to be witnessed among the French sol- diers , even within the same lines . I have seen , " continued the ...
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... brigades of artillery , which extended themselves as they made good their pas- sage through the country on the oppo- site bank . Langeron and the Prussian General York passed the river by means of boats near Caub , and in- stantly ...
... brigades of artillery , which extended themselves as they made good their pas- sage through the country on the oppo- site bank . Langeron and the Prussian General York passed the river by means of boats near Caub , and in- stantly ...
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... brigade was only so far success- ful , that the charging columns gained the heights against which they had advanced , when , instead of improving their advantage , the assailants fell into disorder . The French , returning to the charge ...
... brigade was only so far success- ful , that the charging columns gained the heights against which they had advanced , when , instead of improving their advantage , the assailants fell into disorder . The French , returning to the charge ...
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... brigade des- tined to cover the passage , that their ardour was speedily checked . The novelty of these fiery missiles , one of which struck through three French Feb. 23 . soldiers at once , inspired terror into the enemy , who was ...
... brigade des- tined to cover the passage , that their ardour was speedily checked . The novelty of these fiery missiles , one of which struck through three French Feb. 23 . soldiers at once , inspired terror into the enemy , who was ...
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... brigade of Bavarians , still occupied the suburbs . The French generals had little choice , therefore , when in such close contact with the enemy , but that of either making the attack or expecting it . The marshals chose the former ...
... brigade of Bavarians , still occupied the suburbs . The French generals had little choice , therefore , when in such close contact with the enemy , but that of either making the attack or expecting it . The marshals chose the former ...
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Page 131 - Resolved, that an humble address be presented to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions...
Page 17 - An act to enable his Majesty to accept the services of a proportion of the militia of the city of London, out of the united kingdom, for the vigorous prosecution of the war.
Page 58 - Nort'i moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill "for the better regulating the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Page cccxlv - In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias...
Page cclx - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44
Page lxxxvii - It is not however the grandeur of military success, which has alone fixed our admiration or commanded our applause; it has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know, that the day of battle was always a day of victory; that moral courage and enduring fortitude which, in perilous times when gloom and doubt had beset ordinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken ; and that ascendancy of character, which uniting the energies of jealous...
Page ccclxxiv - An act for continuing to his Majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain ; and on pensions, offices, and personal estates, in England; for the service of the year 1816.
Page cxxii - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous. sail.
Page cccvi - Thornton, esq., his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to his majesty the king of Sweden ; .and his majesty the king of Sweden...
Page ccclxx - Revolutionary struggle defeated his unrighteous projects. His threats and his barbarities, instead of dismay, will kindle in every bosom an indignation not to be extinguished but in the disaster and expulsion of such cruel invaders.