John De Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland: Or, Twenty Years of a Parliamentary Republic, Volume 2Longmans, Green and Company, 1885 - Netherlands |
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Page viii
... troops- Reinforcements sent to the camp by the Grand Pensionary - The invasion -March of the French army - Attack and seizure of the fortresses of the Rhine - The line of the Yssel guarded by the Prince of Orange - Louis XIV . moves ...
... troops- Reinforcements sent to the camp by the Grand Pensionary - The invasion -March of the French army - Attack and seizure of the fortresses of the Rhine - The line of the Yssel guarded by the Prince of Orange - Louis XIV . moves ...
Page ix
... troops - India ships brought back to port - Services rendered by Ruyter - Organisation of the defence --- Financial measures : forced loans - Information furnished by De Witt - Increase of the strength of the army - Louis XIV . gives up ...
... troops - India ships brought back to port - Services rendered by Ruyter - Organisation of the defence --- Financial measures : forced loans - Information furnished by De Witt - Increase of the strength of the army - Louis XIV . gives up ...
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... troops , of which he would have liked to obtain the command . The States of Holland offered to take into their pay three or four companies of eighty men each , on condition that the Cantons should give them 3,000 men if they were in ...
... troops , of which he would have liked to obtain the command . The States of Holland offered to take into their pay three or four companies of eighty men each , on condition that the Cantons should give them 3,000 men if they were in ...
Page 47
... troops and the militia of the country , was the only place that attempted resistance . A month sufficed to complete the sub- jection of the duchy . For twenty - seven years Lorraine was to lose her independence . But the old Duke ...
... troops and the militia of the country , was the only place that attempted resistance . A month sufficed to complete the sub- jection of the duchy . For twenty - seven years Lorraine was to lose her independence . But the old Duke ...
Page 106
... troops which Louis had collected and were now being trained at the camp of St. Germain . Their uneasiness appeared suddenly justified by the alarm given to De Groot on his journey across France . The ambassador of the United Provinces ...
... troops which Louis had collected and were now being trained at the camp of St. Germain . Their uneasiness appeared suddenly justified by the alarm given to De Groot on his journey across France . The ambassador of the United Provinces ...
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