The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Wellington ... with Copious Details and Delineations, Historical, Political, and Military, of the Various Important Services in which He Has Been Engaged in ...J. and J. Cundee ..., [181-?], 1814 - Generals |
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Page 171
... English army is in France : the brave Wellington is as fairly in possession of a part of it , as ever the Black Prince , or Henry V. was ; and he will soon have the whole of Gascony , or the new department of the Pyrenees . You must ...
... English army is in France : the brave Wellington is as fairly in possession of a part of it , as ever the Black Prince , or Henry V. was ; and he will soon have the whole of Gascony , or the new department of the Pyrenees . You must ...
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... English ! Strange that these obstinate English should still have remained in France in their destitute state , for it was again asserted that three English vessels wrecked between Old Boucant and Cape Breton , had been entirely dashed ...
... English ! Strange that these obstinate English should still have remained in France in their destitute state , for it was again asserted that three English vessels wrecked between Old Boucant and Cape Breton , had been entirely dashed ...
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... English troops was handsome in the extreme . Whenever an English officer in the street , appeared in want of information as to his way , half a dozen would run up , all eager in their offers of service , and to conduct him . Their ...
... English troops was handsome in the extreme . Whenever an English officer in the street , appeared in want of information as to his way , half a dozen would run up , all eager in their offers of service , and to conduct him . Their ...
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Don Carlos Doyle | 20 |
Passage of the Adour | 383 |
Entre into Bourdeaux | 419 |
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