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-?] - Generals |
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Page 240
... garrison , had been suggested and ar- ranged by General Lacy , commanding the patriotic force in that vicinity . 1 It was also declared , that the plot was to have been executed by introducing arsenic , and other poisonous substances ...
... garrison , had been suggested and ar- ranged by General Lacy , commanding the patriotic force in that vicinity . 1 It was also declared , that the plot was to have been executed by introducing arsenic , and other poisonous substances ...
Page 473
... garrison of St. Sebastians . His estimate of the loss is however rather exagge- rated , according to the present system of the French school ; for he asserted that the assailants had lost from 14 to 1500 men in the breaches , in the ...
... garrison of St. Sebastians . His estimate of the loss is however rather exagge- rated , according to the present system of the French school ; for he asserted that the assailants had lost from 14 to 1500 men in the breaches , in the ...
Page 556
... garrison into France , with arms and baggage , without being prisoners of war . These conditions , Sir Thomas Graham rejected ; and the fire , which had ceased for some time during the 3rd , was recom- menced in the evening of that day ...
... garrison into France , with arms and baggage , without being prisoners of war . These conditions , Sir Thomas Graham rejected ; and the fire , which had ceased for some time during the 3rd , was recom- menced in the evening of that day ...
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