Annals of the Wars of the Eighteenth Century: Compiled from the Most Authentic Histories of the Period, Volume 4J. Murray, 1862 |
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accordingly Admiral arms arrived artillery assailants assault attack Austrians battalions batteries battle besiegers bombardment brigade British camp Captain captured carried cavalry Clairfait Colonel column command commissaries Condé corps crossed Custine defeated defence detachment division driven back drove Duke of Brunswick Duke of Sudermania Duke of York Dumouriez Dutch Emperor endeavoured enemy enemy's fell fire flank fleet force fortress France French army frigates frontier garrison Grand Vizier guns immediately Imperialists infantry intrenched Jourdain Kellermann killed King Lord Cornwallis loss Mahrattas MARSHAL LOUDON Maubeuge Mayence Meuse military night occupied officers opened ordered Pacha passed Perpignan Pichegru position possession Précy Prince of Coburg Prince of Nassau prisoners redoubt regiment reinforcements republican retired retreat Rhine river Russian Seraskier ships side siege soldiers soon Spanish squadrons Stadtholder succeeded success Sudermania Sultan surrender Suwarrow Swedes Tippoo took Toulon Tournay town troops Turkish Turks victory whole wounded
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Page 39 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Page 49 - It is probable that no national or private collection of ancient armour in Europe, contains any weapon or article of personal equipment which might not be traced in this motley crowd ; the Parthian bow and arrow, the iron club of Scythia,* sabres of every age and nation, lances of every length and description, and matchlocks of every form, metallic helmets of every pattern...
Page 179 - In all wars, which from the earliest times have existed between the English and French nations, they have been accustomed to consider each other in the light of generous, as well as brave enemies, while the Hanoverians, for a century the allies of the former, have shared in this reciprocal esteem.
Page 279 - Britain; and exerted his whole influence, shortly before his resignation, to effect the conclusion of a treaty of friendly and commercial intercourse between the mother country and its emancipated offspring. He was a Cromwell without his ambition; a Sylla without his crimes: and after having raised his country, by his exertions, to the rank of an independent state, he closed his career by a voluntary relinquishment of the power which a grateful people had bestowed.
Page 179 - ... to the hospitals of the conquerors. The British and Hanoverian armies will not believe that the French nation, even under their present infatuation, can so far forget their character as soldiers, as to pay any attention to a decree, as injurious to themselves as it is disgraceful to the persons who passed it.
Page 74 - These children were this morning the sons of the sultan, my master ; their situation is now changed, and they must look up to your lordship as their father.
Page 38 - King, your master, is determined to drive me out of St. Petersburg!), I hope he will permit me to retire to Constantinople.
Page 180 - Highness trusts that the soldiers of both nations will confine their sentiments of resentment and abhorrence to the National Convention alone; persuaded that they will be joined in them by every Frenchman who possesses one spark of honour, or one principle of a soldier...
Page 75 - My distresses, sir, it is true, have driven me from the bosom of my country ; but no temptation whatever can estrange me from her service. Had this offer been a voluntary one of your own, I should have deemed it an insult; but I am glad to learn it proceeds from a source that can do no wrong...
Page 279 - Your conduct, sir, in this action has been criticized." Washington made no answer, but clapped spurs to his horse ; after they had passed the field he turned to the Italian, and said, " Count , I observe that you wish me to speak of the war. It is a conversation which I always avoid. I rejoice at the establishment of the liberties of America. But the time of the struggle was a horrible period, in which the best men were compelled to do many things repugnant to their nature.