The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 22
... French were treating for the evacuation of Alexandria . Wellesley returned to Mysore to persuade his brother to remain at his post after the loss of his supporter , Mr. Dundas , from the Board of Control -to conduct a series of ...
... French were treating for the evacuation of Alexandria . Wellesley returned to Mysore to persuade his brother to remain at his post after the loss of his supporter , Mr. Dundas , from the Board of Control -to conduct a series of ...
Page 34
... French invaders . Sir Arthur Wellesley had drawn up numerous minutes on the subject between 1806 and 1808 , and had been appointed to a force assembled at Cork for transport to South America . He was next consulted in regard to the best ...
... French invaders . Sir Arthur Wellesley had drawn up numerous minutes on the subject between 1806 and 1808 , and had been appointed to a force assembled at Cork for transport to South America . He was next consulted in regard to the best ...
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... French ) have besides , it seems , a new system , which has out - manoeuvred and overwhelmed all the armies of Europe ; but no matter , my die is cast . They may overwhelm , but I don't think they will out - manœuvre me . In the first ...
... French ) have besides , it seems , a new system , which has out - manoeuvred and overwhelmed all the armies of Europe ; but no matter , my die is cast . They may overwhelm , but I don't think they will out - manœuvre me . In the first ...
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... French columns ( whose charges no other armies had been able to resist ) , rather than any expectation of receiving ... French to evacuate Portugal . ' . . . . It is more for the advantage of the General to have 30,000 Englishmen in ...
... French columns ( whose charges no other armies had been able to resist ) , rather than any expectation of receiving ... French to evacuate Portugal . ' . . . . It is more for the advantage of the General to have 30,000 Englishmen in ...
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... French to escape so easily if he had been left to himself ; but it is evident from the volume ( xvii . ) of the Napoleon Correspondence published last year that Napoleon ( who by no means foresaw the importance of the little cloud that ...
... French to escape so easily if he had been left to himself ; but it is evident from the volume ( xvii . ) of the Napoleon Correspondence published last year that Napoleon ( who by no means foresaw the importance of the little cloud that ...
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