A History of England: 1795-1801Longmans, Green, 1865 - Great Britain |
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... chief of a Chouan band , had submitted to the English Government a project for raising a Royalist insurrection in Brittany . He proposed that an ex- pedition , comprising ten thousand English troops , and a corps of emigrants should ...
... chief of a Chouan band , had submitted to the English Government a project for raising a Royalist insurrection in Brittany . He proposed that an ex- pedition , comprising ten thousand English troops , and a corps of emigrants should ...
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... chief bore up even against this last cruel disappoint- ment ; and it was ultimately decided that the attempt should be made with a few French regiments in British pay , amounting to between four and five thousand men . If these could ...
... chief bore up even against this last cruel disappoint- ment ; and it was ultimately decided that the attempt should be made with a few French regiments in British pay , amounting to between four and five thousand men . If these could ...
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... chiefs hastily summoned , arrived at the scene of disorder , they found good humour and cordiality restored . The first military operation was to take possession of the fort Penthièvre , which connected the small peninsula of Quiberon ...
... chiefs hastily summoned , arrived at the scene of disorder , they found good humour and cordiality restored . The first military operation was to take possession of the fort Penthièvre , which connected the small peninsula of Quiberon ...
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... chief been sup- ported by a coadjutor of ordinary skill and activity , the movement could hardly have failed ; but D'Her- villy , despising his irregular auxiliaries , had with- drawn the artillery and supports from Meudon , the ...
... chief been sup- ported by a coadjutor of ordinary skill and activity , the movement could hardly have failed ; but D'Her- villy , despising his irregular auxiliaries , had with- drawn the artillery and supports from Meudon , the ...
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... , unwilling to risk an engage- ment with desperate men , halted his troops at the extreme point of retreat . A parley took place be- tween the Republican General and the Royalist Chief ; 1795 . CAPITULATION OF SOMBREUIL . 9 and after a.
... , unwilling to risk an engage- ment with desperate men , halted his troops at the extreme point of retreat . A parley took place be- tween the Republican General and the Royalist Chief ; 1795 . CAPITULATION OF SOMBREUIL . 9 and after a.
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