The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... siege of Rouen , in 1562 , she exposed herself like a common soldier to the cannonading of the town , and was reproved by the Duke de Guise and the Cardinal of Lorraine , for thus risking the sacred person of a queen ; she nobly replied ...
... siege of Rouen , in 1562 , she exposed herself like a common soldier to the cannonading of the town , and was reproved by the Duke de Guise and the Cardinal of Lorraine , for thus risking the sacred person of a queen ; she nobly replied ...
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... siege of Quebec , being posted as a sentinel in a place of some danger , requested his officer to change his situation . Being asked the reason , he replied , " He knew not how it was , but he did not feel himself bold enough to stay ...
... siege of Quebec , being posted as a sentinel in a place of some danger , requested his officer to change his situation . Being asked the reason , he replied , " He knew not how it was , but he did not feel himself bold enough to stay ...
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... siege of Mezieres , which town he defended , the Comte de Nassau summoned him to surrender it . " Nay , " replied he , " if I must march out of the place , it shall be over a bridge of the dead bodies of the enemy . " At the defeat of ...
... siege of Mezieres , which town he defended , the Comte de Nassau summoned him to surrender it . " Nay , " replied he , " if I must march out of the place , it shall be over a bridge of the dead bodies of the enemy . " At the defeat of ...
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... siege of Durazo , in the war between Cæsar and Pompey , Cassius Sceva singly maintained an im- portant position against the whole force of the enemy , until Cæsar came to his relief . He lost one of his eyes , was wounded in the ...
... siege of Durazo , in the war between Cæsar and Pompey , Cassius Sceva singly maintained an im- portant position against the whole force of the enemy , until Cæsar came to his relief . He lost one of his eyes , was wounded in the ...
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... siege of Montmelian by the French , in 1691 , the Marechal de Catinat , who wished to know if the ditch of the place was sunk in the rock , or only faced with masonry on the side of the glacis , caused soldiers to descend in a gabion ...
... siege of Montmelian by the French , in 1691 , the Marechal de Catinat , who wished to know if the ditch of the place was sunk in the rock , or only faced with masonry on the side of the glacis , caused soldiers to descend in a gabion ...
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