The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...J. Dodsley, 1809 - History |
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... whole safely trust . For he could neither sup- pose , that the greater , or at least the best , that is , the most formida- ble part of the French nation could be either duped by his cajoleries , or so blinded , and stupified by the ...
... whole safely trust . For he could neither sup- pose , that the greater , or at least the best , that is , the most formida- ble part of the French nation could be either duped by his cajoleries , or so blinded , and stupified by the ...
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... whole extent of their line , defeated them at all points , and drove the generals Savary , Suchet , and Becker , back on the Narew * . On the night of the 4th of Febru- ary , Buonaparte slept at Schlett , but his advanced guard pushed ...
... whole extent of their line , defeated them at all points , and drove the generals Savary , Suchet , and Becker , back on the Narew * . On the night of the 4th of Febru- ary , Buonaparte slept at Schlett , but his advanced guard pushed ...
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... whole of which 500 pieces of cannon vomited death from the opposite lines so near each other , the number of killed and wounded on either side could not be otherwise than very great . The loss of the French , according to their own ...
... whole of which 500 pieces of cannon vomited death from the opposite lines so near each other , the number of killed and wounded on either side could not be otherwise than very great . The loss of the French , according to their own ...
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That the main body of the Rus- sian army - not absolutely the whole as will presently appear , were forced to fall back eighty leagues from the Vistula , is true , but it is also true that Buonaparte did not find himself in a condition ...
That the main body of the Rus- sian army - not absolutely the whole as will presently appear , were forced to fall back eighty leagues from the Vistula , is true , but it is also true that Buonaparte did not find himself in a condition ...
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... whole under the command of the Prussian gene . ral Kalkreuth . The siege of Dantzig was pushed on with great vigour and courage by the besiegers , and the defence of the place maintaine with equal cou- rage by the besieged . All the ...
... whole under the command of the Prussian gene . ral Kalkreuth . The siege of Dantzig was pushed on with great vigour and courage by the besiegers , and the defence of the place maintaine with equal cou- rage by the besieged . All the ...
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