Annual Register, Volume 49Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1809 - History |
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... force , that determined Buonaparte to as- semble so large an army of obser- vation in Pomerania . Repeated and earnest applications for an English ar- my , infantry , and cavalry , were made ja vain . A subsidy was granted of £ 500,000 ...
... force , that determined Buonaparte to as- semble so large an army of obser- vation in Pomerania . Repeated and earnest applications for an English ar- my , infantry , and cavalry , were made ja vain . A subsidy was granted of £ 500,000 ...
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Edmund Burke. determined to bear , with his whole force , on the centre of this dilated line . without giving himself ... forces at Passewack on the evening of April 15th , he advanced on the 16th , before break of day , on the road to ...
Edmund Burke. determined to bear , with his whole force , on the centre of this dilated line . without giving himself ... forces at Passewack on the evening of April 15th , he advanced on the 16th , before break of day , on the road to ...
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... force as under 5,000 men . But , when he wrote his dispatch , he had not the means of ascertaining with accuracy the force of the enemy . In that dispatch it had been stated at nearly 7,000 men , but it should have been stated at nearly ...
... force as under 5,000 men . But , when he wrote his dispatch , he had not the means of ascertaining with accuracy the force of the enemy . In that dispatch it had been stated at nearly 7,000 men , but it should have been stated at nearly ...
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... force , that were collateral with the regular army , and calculated to sup- port it and keep it up : he meant the volunteers ; and that other branch which had engaged so much of the attention of the house during last session , when the ...
... force , that were collateral with the regular army , and calculated to sup- port it and keep it up : he meant the volunteers ; and that other branch which had engaged so much of the attention of the house during last session , when the ...
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Edmund Burke. 1. Guards , Garrisons , & c . 2. Forces in the Plantations , & c . 3. India Forces 4. Troops and Companies for re cruiting ditto 7. Embodied Militia and Fencible Infantry 8. Contingencies for ditto 9. Clothing for ditto 10 ...
Edmund Burke. 1. Guards , Garrisons , & c . 2. Forces in the Plantations , & c . 3. India Forces 4. Troops and Companies for re cruiting ditto 7. Embodied Militia and Fencible Infantry 8. Contingencies for ditto 9. Clothing for ditto 10 ...
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