Narrative of the Expedition which Sailed from England in 1817, to Join the South American Patriots: Comprising Every Particular Connected with Its Formation, History, and Fate; with Observations and Authentic Information Elucidating the Real Character of the Contest, Mode of Warfare, State of the Armies, &cJ. Murray, 1818 - 144 páginas |
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... attach itself to their party ; and an anxiety to en- joy the entire fruits of their triumph , has created this aversion to the admission of foreigners , whose services , they cannot but know , are proffered rather from motives of ...
... attach itself to their party ; and an anxiety to en- joy the entire fruits of their triumph , has created this aversion to the admission of foreigners , whose services , they cannot but know , are proffered rather from motives of ...
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... hardships and distress en- countered by the foreign officers attached to the patriot standard ; and uniformly found them disgusted with the cause , and anxious to embrace the earliest opportunity of abandoning it ; SOUTH AMERICA , 71.
... hardships and distress en- countered by the foreign officers attached to the patriot standard ; and uniformly found them disgusted with the cause , and anxious to embrace the earliest opportunity of abandoning it ; SOUTH AMERICA , 71.
Página 73
... attach myself to the remnant of his brigade ; and as an inducement , offered to place me upon his staff ; which proposal , * The death of this officer has been recently an- nounced . however , I considered it most prudent to de- cline ...
... attach myself to the remnant of his brigade ; and as an inducement , offered to place me upon his staff ; which proposal , * The death of this officer has been recently an- nounced . however , I considered it most prudent to de- cline ...
Página 99
... , and immediately pro- ceeded to an inn situated a short distance from the beach , where we met with three officers formerly attached to Colonel Wil- son's regiment ; but H 2 SOUTH AMERICA . 99 The numerous and widely-extended fields ...
... , and immediately pro- ceeded to an inn situated a short distance from the beach , where we met with three officers formerly attached to Colonel Wil- son's regiment ; but H 2 SOUTH AMERICA . 99 The numerous and widely-extended fields ...
Página 100
... attached to Colonel Wil- son's regiment ; but who had some time previously resigned their commissions in disgust . These gentlemen had been par- ticularly fortunate , having , in consequence of an early appeal to Governor Probyn , and ...
... attached to Colonel Wil- son's regiment ; but who had some time previously resigned their commissions in disgust . These gentlemen had been par- ticularly fortunate , having , in consequence of an early appeal to Governor Probyn , and ...
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