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... command , that the Emperor ex- pected his troops to execute the orders ; but afterwards thinking it advisable , as the enemy was greatly reinforced , to de- sist from the enterprize , he sent to coun- termand the service . " No , no ...
... command , that the Emperor ex- pected his troops to execute the orders ; but afterwards thinking it advisable , as the enemy was greatly reinforced , to de- sist from the enterprize , he sent to coun- termand the service . " No , no ...
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... command of the late Sir John Moore . We appre- hend , indeed , that the Russians have always felt their deficiency in this re- spect ; for we believe that under Su- warrow , in Italy , their Quarter Mas- ter General was an Austrian ...
... command of the late Sir John Moore . We appre- hend , indeed , that the Russians have always felt their deficiency in this re- spect ; for we believe that under Su- warrow , in Italy , their Quarter Mas- ter General was an Austrian ...
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... command ) offered to move forward , and attack whatever troops Buonaparte might have rallied , and thus complete their vic- tory and at all events they pledged their lives , that if he but remained on his ground , the enemy would retire ...
... command ) offered to move forward , and attack whatever troops Buonaparte might have rallied , and thus complete their vic- tory and at all events they pledged their lives , that if he but remained on his ground , the enemy would retire ...
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... command of General Benningsen , opened the campaign against an enemy , who could oppose to that force 130,000 men , and who had re - collected between the Vistula and the Memel , by the most vigorous exertions that Buona- parte had ever ...
... command of General Benningsen , opened the campaign against an enemy , who could oppose to that force 130,000 men , and who had re - collected between the Vistula and the Memel , by the most vigorous exertions that Buona- parte had ever ...
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... command of those seas was again VOL . VI . D our own ; and from that instant the suc cess of the expedition could no longer be doubtful . The result has deprived the enemy of his last colony , and of the only means of annoying our ex ...
... command of those seas was again VOL . VI . D our own ; and from that instant the suc cess of the expedition could no longer be doubtful . The result has deprived the enemy of his last colony , and of the only means of annoying our ex ...
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