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... forces to keep Prince Maurice in check , set off with 15,000 men , with the design of recovering Cambray . Le Catelet and Dour- lens yielded to his arms ; Ham was betrayed to him by the treachery of the governor , and in August Fuentes ...
... forces to keep Prince Maurice in check , set off with 15,000 men , with the design of recovering Cambray . Le Catelet and Dour- lens yielded to his arms ; Ham was betrayed to him by the treachery of the governor , and in August Fuentes ...
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... forces , to surprise Calais ; and that important place was taken by assault , April 17th , before Henry could arrive for its defence . La Fère surrendered May 22nd ; and Henry then marched with his army towards the coast of Picardy ...
... forces , to surprise Calais ; and that important place was taken by assault , April 17th , before Henry could arrive for its defence . La Fère surrendered May 22nd ; and Henry then marched with his army towards the coast of Picardy ...
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... forces . The expedition was also accompanied by Sir Walter Raleigh , and other persons of naval and military renown . The fleet , which after the junction of twenty - two Dutch ships , consisted of 150 sail , with about 14,000 men on ...
... forces . The expedition was also accompanied by Sir Walter Raleigh , and other persons of naval and military renown . The fleet , which after the junction of twenty - two Dutch ships , consisted of 150 sail , with about 14,000 men on ...
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... force at his disposal ; and the Archduke on his return laid siege to Hulst , which at last surrendered to the Spaniards ( August 18th ) . This disaster , however , was compensated early in 1597 According to Philip himself , 40 ships ...
... force at his disposal ; and the Archduke on his return laid siege to Hulst , which at last surrendered to the Spaniards ( August 18th ) . This disaster , however , was compensated early in 1597 According to Philip himself , 40 ships ...
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... forces of Rodolph . In September , Mansfeld took the important town of Gran . Shortly after Visse- grad and Waitzen also yielded to the Imperialists , and the Turks lost several places on the Danube . So great was the alarm at ...
... forces of Rodolph . In September , Mansfeld took the important town of Gran . Shortly after Visse- grad and Waitzen also yielded to the Imperialists , and the Turks lost several places on the Danube . So great was the alarm at ...
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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.