The Continuation Of Mr. Rapin's History of England: From the Revolution to the Present Times, Volumen17for T. Osborne, J. Hodges, J. Robinson, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Ward, R. Baldwin, W. Owen, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, P. Davey and B. Law, G. Keith, T. Longman, T. Field, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, H. Woodgate, M. Cooper, and C. Ware, 1758 - 576 páginas |
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... cause the glory he might have reaped by acting offenfively . But tho ' it was agreed , that prince Eugene fhould come into the Netherlands , yet it was induftriously given out , that he was to act with a separate body on the Moselle ...
... cause the glory he might have reaped by acting offenfively . But tho ' it was agreed , that prince Eugene fhould come into the Netherlands , yet it was induftriously given out , that he was to act with a separate body on the Moselle ...
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... caused Oudenard ( e ) to be invested on the 9th of July early , and intended to have taken possession of the advantageous camp at Leffines . Monfieur de Sigterman , who commanded in Oudenard , fearing that the inhabitants might be ...
... caused Oudenard ( e ) to be invested on the 9th of July early , and intended to have taken possession of the advantageous camp at Leffines . Monfieur de Sigterman , who commanded in Oudenard , fearing that the inhabitants might be ...
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... caused bridges to be made , in order to pafs the Scheld ; which made us believe they defigned to poft themselves upon the height of Oudenard , and hinder us from paffing the Scheld . And , tho ' our army was very much fa tigued by the ...
... caused bridges to be made , in order to pafs the Scheld ; which made us believe they defigned to poft themselves upon the height of Oudenard , and hinder us from paffing the Scheld . And , tho ' our army was very much fa tigued by the ...
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... caused a greater difgrace than that of Ramillies . Whereas the duke of Vendofie , by pofting himself behind the canal , has covered Ghent and Bruges , which is the effential point , and thereby revived and put courage into the troops ...
... caused a greater difgrace than that of Ramillies . Whereas the duke of Vendofie , by pofting himself behind the canal , has covered Ghent and Bruges , which is the effential point , and thereby revived and put courage into the troops ...
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... caused two battalions to advance , who retook it , and caufed the enemy to retire with precipitation , into the counterscarp . The 27th in the morning , the befiegers fired fifty pieces of cannon and twenty mortars upon the town with fo ...
... caused two battalions to advance , who retook it , and caufed the enemy to retire with precipitation , into the counterscarp . The 27th in the morning , the befiegers fired fifty pieces of cannon and twenty mortars upon the town with fo ...
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addrefs affured againſt alfo allies anſwer army battalions becauſe befides befiegers biſhop Bouchain Britiſh cafe cauſe command confederate confent court defign defired duke of Anjou duke of Burgundy duke of Marlborough duke of Savoy Dunkirk earl earl of Strafford enemy England Engliſh exprefs fafe faid fame fecretary fecurity feemed feffion fent fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide fiege figned fince firft firſt fome foon fpeech fquadrons France French ftates ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fupport fure garrifon Ghent Great-Britain Hague himſelf horfe horſe houfe houſe infifted intereft king laft laſt letter likewife lord majefty majefty's meaſures minifters moft monfieur moſt neceffary neral obferved occafion Oudenard paffed parliament peace peers perfons poffible poft prefent prifoners prince Eugene promiſed propofed proteftant queen raiſed reaſon refolution refolved Scheld ſeveral ſhe Spain Spaniſh ſtates thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion town treaty troops uſed