The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 2Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1811 - Europe |
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... French boatmen did not trust them- selves near to our cruisers . A boat's crew of an English gun - brig , consist- ing of fourteen men , including a war- rant officer , lately landed on the French coast , for the purpose of distributing ...
... French boatmen did not trust them- selves near to our cruisers . A boat's crew of an English gun - brig , consist- ing of fourteen men , including a war- rant officer , lately landed on the French coast , for the purpose of distributing ...
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... French , and be- haved with so much intrepidity and valour , that he took a stand of co- lours , which , in the sight of the army , he carried to the church of Pilor , placed them on the high altar , and rejoined the troops , who were ...
... French , and be- haved with so much intrepidity and valour , that he took a stand of co- lours , which , in the sight of the army , he carried to the church of Pilor , placed them on the high altar , and rejoined the troops , who were ...
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... French imperial brig of war Pylades , of 18 guns and 105 men , captured eight days after her having left Martinique , on a cruise to wind . ward of this island . The French prize the schooner La Polly , from Martinique bound to ...
... French imperial brig of war Pylades , of 18 guns and 105 men , captured eight days after her having left Martinique , on a cruise to wind . ward of this island . The French prize the schooner La Polly , from Martinique bound to ...
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... French bulletins , Buonaparte arrived on the heights which command the city , having been preceded by a force con- sisting of dragoons and imperial guards . In consequence of the treachery of Morla , to which the weakness of the ...
... French bulletins , Buonaparte arrived on the heights which command the city , having been preceded by a force con- sisting of dragoons and imperial guards . In consequence of the treachery of Morla , to which the weakness of the ...
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... French arms , to defray the expences of the war . " The 2d article renders null and void all sales , or other dispositions , of their property . The 31st grants , in the name of Jo- seph Buonaparte , " a pardon to all Spaniards who ...
... French arms , to defray the expences of the war . " The 2d article renders null and void all sales , or other dispositions , of their property . The 31st grants , in the name of Jo- seph Buonaparte , " a pardon to all Spaniards who ...
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