Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough: With His Original Correspondence, Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim and Other Authentic Sources, Volume 2Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... Army . Letters written from the Field of Battle LXX . Designs of the Confederate Generals . Capture of the French Lines between Ypres and Warneton . Advance of Marlborough to Werwick . Correspondence on Military Affairs , and on the ...
... Army . Letters written from the Field of Battle LXX . Designs of the Confederate Generals . Capture of the French Lines between Ypres and Warneton . Advance of Marlborough to Werwick . Correspondence on Military Affairs , and on the ...
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... army into Saxony , the electoral territory of the dethroned monarch , forced him to resign the crown to Stanislaus , to renounce his alliance with Russia , and to grant quarters and accom- modations to the army which had effected his ...
... army into Saxony , the electoral territory of the dethroned monarch , forced him to resign the crown to Stanislaus , to renounce his alliance with Russia , and to grant quarters and accom- modations to the army which had effected his ...
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... army to take the route towards Naples . The consequences were also equally felt in every part of the theatre of action . Re- lieved from the constant drain occasioned by the war in Italy , the king of France not only reduced his army on ...
... army to take the route towards Naples . The consequences were also equally felt in every part of the theatre of action . Re- lieved from the constant drain occasioned by the war in Italy , the king of France not only reduced his army on ...
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... army , amounting to scarcely 6000 men , effected their escape by a disorderly retreat towards Tortosa . This stupendous victory was purchased by the enemy with the loss of only 2000 men . A more striking picture of the misfortune cannot ...
... army , amounting to scarcely 6000 men , effected their escape by a disorderly retreat towards Tortosa . This stupendous victory was purchased by the enemy with the loss of only 2000 men . A more striking picture of the misfortune cannot ...
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... army in Spain ; and it was agreed that the court of Vienna should be immediately written to , to dissuade them from the expedition to Naples , and to press them in the most earnest manner to proceed with the greatest vigour on the ...
... army in Spain ; and it was agreed that the court of Vienna should be immediately written to , to dissuade them from the expedition to Naples , and to press them in the most earnest manner to proceed with the greatest vigour on the ...
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