History of Europe: From the Commemcement [sic] of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815 |
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... soldiers retreated ; " " he brought the whole guns to the front ; " " the whole houses were occupied by marksmen . " The word important is reiterated until it forces a smile : almost every town , fortress , and post defended or captured ...
... soldiers retreated ; " " he brought the whole guns to the front ; " " the whole houses were occupied by marksmen . " The word important is reiterated until it forces a smile : almost every town , fortress , and post defended or captured ...
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... soldiers in Rio Seco and Cor . dova - French retreat from the latter place - Their total defeat - Indignation of Napoleon at Dupont's surrender - Joseph evacuates Madrid - Reverses of the French - Arrival of Wellington in Portugal - He ...
... soldiers in Rio Seco and Cor . dova - French retreat from the latter place - Their total defeat - Indignation of Napoleon at Dupont's surrender - Joseph evacuates Madrid - Reverses of the French - Arrival of Wellington in Portugal - He ...
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... soldier of the French guard were killed . This was the first blood shed in the Revolution . In this extremity , the ... soldiers of the Swiss guard . When the insurgents arrived , a part of their number was admitted within the first ...
... soldier of the French guard were killed . This was the first blood shed in the Revolution . In this extremity , the ... soldiers of the Swiss guard . When the insurgents arrived , a part of their number was admitted within the first ...
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... soldiers that the French king found fidelity , but in the free - born mountaineers of Lucerne , un- stained by the vices of a corrupt age and firm in the simplicity of rural virtue . These events took place on the 10th of August , 1792 ...
... soldiers that the French king found fidelity , but in the free - born mountaineers of Lucerne , un- stained by the vices of a corrupt age and firm in the simplicity of rural virtue . These events took place on the 10th of August , 1792 ...
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... soldiers rushed in , seized Charlotte and conducted her to prison . On her trial , she inter- rupted the witnesses , saying , " These formalities are unnecessary ; I killed Marat . " She was condemned to death without delay , and ...
... soldiers rushed in , seized Charlotte and conducted her to prison . On her trial , she inter- rupted the witnesses , saying , " These formalities are unnecessary ; I killed Marat . " She was condemned to death without delay , and ...
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allies Archduke arms arrived artillery assault assembled attack Aulic Council Austrian battle Bernadotte Blucher Britain British campaign capital cavalry centre Ciudad Rodrigo columns command commenced contest Convention corps cuirassiers Danube debt declared defeated defence detached division Duke effect Elbe Emperor enemy England Europe fifty thousand fleet followed force fortress France French army French troops frontier garrison Girondists Guard guns hostilities hundred thousand immediately infantry inhabitants Italy Jacobins king loss Louis XVIII Massena measures ment military millions Moreau morning movement Murat Napo Napoleon nation o'clock Oudinot Paris party peace Pichegru pieces of cannon position Prince prisoners provinces Prussia rear received reënforcements Republicans resistance resolved result retired retreat Revolution Rhine Royalists Russian ships siege sinking fund soldiers soon Soult Spain Spanish success surrendered Suwarrow taxes thousand strong throne tion took place town treaty twenty thousand victory Vienna Wellington whole
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