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... August . Towards the end of the latter month , Moreau , with a division of the army of the North , took Nieuport and Sluys . In Nieuport were 500 French emigrants , and 200 Eng- lish ; the emigrants were shot , but Choudieu , the ...
... August . Towards the end of the latter month , Moreau , with a division of the army of the North , took Nieuport and Sluys . In Nieuport were 500 French emigrants , and 200 Eng- lish ; the emigrants were shot , but Choudieu , the ...
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... August , and was preparing to attack Pamplona , when terrible storms , which rendered it impossible to transport the sick and pro- visions , compelled him to retreat on the Bidasoa , and closed the campaign in that quarter . On the side ...
... August , and was preparing to attack Pamplona , when terrible storms , which rendered it impossible to transport the sick and pro- visions , compelled him to retreat on the Bidasoa , and closed the campaign in that quarter . On the side ...
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... August 4th . It was in these operations that Nelson first dis- tinguished himself ; at Calvi he lost an eye . A General Assembly convoked at Corte , after the fall of Bastia , and presided over by Paoli , voted the annexation of Corsica ...
... August 4th . It was in these operations that Nelson first dis- tinguished himself ; at Calvi he lost an eye . A General Assembly convoked at Corte , after the fall of Bastia , and presided over by Paoli , voted the annexation of Corsica ...
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... August 18th . It plainly appeared that the Committee . wished not to make a peace with the Empire , a confederate body , but to detach the principal members of it , and thus entirely to isolate Austria . In this object they partially ...
... August 18th . It plainly appeared that the Committee . wished not to make a peace with the Empire , a confederate body , but to detach the principal members of it , and thus entirely to isolate Austria . In this object they partially ...
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... August 13th , under the mediation of Prussia . The line of demarcation was extended so as to include the Bishopric of Fulda , the County of Henneberg , Upper Saxony , and Lusatia , and the Elector undertook to defend it with 20,000 men ...
... August 13th , under the mediation of Prussia . The line of demarcation was extended so as to include the Bishopric of Fulda , the County of Henneberg , Upper Saxony , and Lusatia , and the Elector undertook to defend it with 20,000 men ...
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affairs Alexander alliance allies Ambassador April armistice arms arrived assembled attack August Austrian Batavian Republic battle Bavaria Bernadotte Bonaparte Britain Cabinet capitulation CHAP Charles IV Cisalpine Republic command compelled Confederation Consul Convention corps Court crown Danish December declared defeated Denmark despatched Directory dominions Duchy Duke Elector Emperor Empire England English entered evacuate favour Ferdinand Ferdinand VII fleet force France Frederick William French army French troops Garden German Government Grand Hanover Holland Homme d'état insurrection Italian Italy January Joseph Bonaparte July June King of Prussia Kingdom Lefebvre Lord Louis Madrid March Martens Masséna military Minister Moreau Murat Naples Napoleon nation negotiations neutrality November occupied October Paris peace Peace of Pressburg Peace of Tilsit Pius Pope ports Portugal possession Powers Prince provinces Republic restored retreat Rhine Rome Russian seized September Soult Sovereign Spain Spanish surrendered Sweden Talleyrand Tilsit tion took treaty Tyrol vessels victory Vienna
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Page 501 - (a free Church in a free State), has been rightly chosen as the inscription on his tomb. § 6. Cavour left no minister to take his place, and the continuance of his policy fell to Victor Emmanuel himself. Carefully abstaining from opening the question either of Rome or Venice, he sought to utilise the interval of peace to break down...
Page 396 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.