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... columns , formed by the different clans , was greatly outflanked by MacKay's troops . The armies shouted when they came in sight of each other ; but the enthusiasm of MacKay's soldiers being damped by the circumstances we have observed ...
... columns , formed by the different clans , was greatly outflanked by MacKay's troops . The armies shouted when they came in sight of each other ; but the enthusiasm of MacKay's soldiers being damped by the circumstances we have observed ...
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... columns being so great . that none were placed opposite to them . The rest of King William's army were totally routed and driven headlong into the river . Dundee himself , contrary to the advice of the Highland chiefs , was in front of ...
... columns being so great . that none were placed opposite to them . The rest of King William's army were totally routed and driven headlong into the river . Dundee himself , contrary to the advice of the Highland chiefs , was in front of ...
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... columns , as they came down to the attack , underwent three successive volleys from MacKay's line , had eight hundred men slain . But all other losses were unimportant compared to that of Dundee , with whom were forfeited all the fruits ...
... columns , as they came down to the attack , underwent three successive volleys from MacKay's line , had eight hundred men slain . But all other losses were unimportant compared to that of Dundee , with whom were forfeited all the fruits ...
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... column advanced due northward across the plain , in order to take ground for wheeling up and forming line of battle . The Prince marched at the head of the second column , and close in the rear of the first . The morass was now rendered ...
... column advanced due northward across the plain , in order to take ground for wheeling up and forming line of battle . The Prince marched at the head of the second column , and close in the rear of the first . The morass was now rendered ...
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... column from the passage across the morass , and place the whole on open ground , than they wheeled to the left , and formed a line of three men deep . This thin long line they quickly broke up into a number of small masses or phalanxes ...
... column from the passage across the morass , and place the whole on open ground , than they wheeled to the left , and formed a line of three men deep . This thin long line they quickly broke up into a number of small masses or phalanxes ...
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