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... army in August , 1593 , amid the tricks and howlings of dervishes , carrying with him Kreckwitz in chains , who died upon the march . Crossing the Drave at Essek and passing Stuhlweissenburg , Sinan appeared before Veszprém , which ...
... army in August , 1593 , amid the tricks and howlings of dervishes , carrying with him Kreckwitz in chains , who died upon the march . Crossing the Drave at Essek and passing Stuhlweissenburg , Sinan appeared before Veszprém , which ...
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... army : a resolution which by some authors has been styled heroical , but which rather shows that he had lost his head . The army of the States was saved chiefly through the bravery of Vere and his Englishmen ; Sir Francis , ever in the ...
... army : a resolution which by some authors has been styled heroical , but which rather shows that he had lost his head . The army of the States was saved chiefly through the bravery of Vere and his Englishmen ; Sir Francis , ever in the ...
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... army , and advanced to Czaslau in Bohemia , where , after convoking the combined States of Austria and Moravia , he invited those of Bohemia also to a general as- sembly on the 4th of May . Rodolph parried this blow by sum- moning the ...
... army , and advanced to Czaslau in Bohemia , where , after convoking the combined States of Austria and Moravia , he invited those of Bohemia also to a general as- sembly on the 4th of May . Rodolph parried this blow by sum- moning the ...
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... army and a common chest , and they named the Elector Palatine to be their director in time of peace ; but in case of war , any Prince whose territory should be attacked , when the general affairs of the Union were to be directed by a ...
... army and a common chest , and they named the Elector Palatine to be their director in time of peace ; but in case of war , any Prince whose territory should be attacked , when the general affairs of the Union were to be directed by a ...
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... army of more than 30,000 , which he in- tended to lead in person to Jülich . The plan of the campaign was to seize all the passages of the Meuse , and to surprise Char- leroi , Maestricht , and Namur , while at the same time the Dutch ...
... army of more than 30,000 , which he in- tended to lead in person to Jülich . The plan of the campaign was to seize all the passages of the Meuse , and to surprise Char- leroi , Maestricht , and Namur , while at the same time the Dutch ...
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Page 427 - King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between King and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.