A History of the English-speaking Peoples: The age of revolutionCassell, 1956 - English-speaking countries |
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... thousand French regulars was assembled around Cherbourg . The whole French Fleet , with a multitude of transports ... thousand men and seven thousand guns , was the stronger by ninety - nine ships to forty - four . Both sides fought hard ...
... thousand French regulars was assembled around Cherbourg . The whole French Fleet , with a multitude of transports ... thousand men and seven thousand guns , was the stronger by ninety - nine ships to forty - four . Both sides fought hard ...
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... thousand strong . Wellesley had twenty thousand British and twenty - four thousand Spaniards , but these latter , though brave , could not be counted upon for serious work in a set battle . Their strength lay in harassing operations ...
... thousand strong . Wellesley had twenty thousand British and twenty - four thousand Spaniards , but these latter , though brave , could not be counted upon for serious work in a set battle . Their strength lay in harassing operations ...
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... thousand men . The British numbered about twenty - five thousand , and their Portuguese allies the same . In September there was a stiff battle at Busaco . Sixty thousand French met fifty thousand Allies , only half of whom were British ...
... thousand men . The British numbered about twenty - five thousand , and their Portuguese allies the same . In September there was a stiff battle at Busaco . Sixty thousand French met fifty thousand Allies , only half of whom were British ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I WILLIAM OF ORANGE | 3 |
CONTINENTAL WAR | 13 |
THE SPANISH SUCCESSION | 23 |
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