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
... happy to co - operate in any honourable plan which could have released them from French tyranny and oppression , we cannot for a moment doubt ; but their readiness to form a plan of treacherous assassi- nation we cannot believe , even ...
... happy to co - operate in any honourable plan which could have released them from French tyranny and oppression , we cannot for a moment doubt ; but their readiness to form a plan of treacherous assassi- nation we cannot believe , even ...
Page 408
... happy to inform your Lordship , that the allied army under my command , gained a complete victory ; having driven them from all their positions , having taken from them one hundred and fifty - one pieces of cannon , four hundred and ...
... happy to inform your Lordship , that the allied army under my command , gained a complete victory ; having driven them from all their positions , having taken from them one hundred and fifty - one pieces of cannon , four hundred and ...
Page 437
... happy to for- get for ever ; historical accuracy , however , obliges us to notice it , which we shall do as briefly as possi- ble from the General's own dispatch , waving all ani- madversion , as the business itself is most probably yet ...
... happy to for- get for ever ; historical accuracy , however , obliges us to notice it , which we shall do as briefly as possi- ble from the General's own dispatch , waving all ani- madversion , as the business itself is most probably yet ...
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