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... Duke of Brunswick and Wurmser , had sown dissension between the Austrians and Prussians . The Duke had resigned the command , January 24th , 1794 , and had been suc- ceeded by Marshal Möllendorf . Pitt made strenuous efforts to re ...
... Duke of Brunswick and Wurmser , had sown dissension between the Austrians and Prussians . The Duke had resigned the command , January 24th , 1794 , and had been suc- ceeded by Marshal Möllendorf . Pitt made strenuous efforts to re ...
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... Duke of York , who was at the head of about 40,000 British and Hanoverian troops , having refused to serve under Clairfait , the commander of the Austrian right , the Emperor was obliged to come in person and assume the nominal command ...
... Duke of York , who was at the head of about 40,000 British and Hanoverian troops , having refused to serve under Clairfait , the commander of the Austrian right , the Emperor was obliged to come in person and assume the nominal command ...
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... Duke of York saved himself only by the swiftness of his horse . After an interval of four days Pichegru made another attack at Pont - à - chin , where the Emperor com- manded in person . The battle had lasted ten hours when the fortune ...
... Duke of York saved himself only by the swiftness of his horse . After an interval of four days Pichegru made another attack at Pont - à - chin , where the Emperor com- manded in person . The battle had lasted ten hours when the fortune ...
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... Duke of York alone dissent- ing , the campaign was represented as lost , through the French having established themselves in West Flanders ; it was , there- fore , proposed to evacuate the Netherlands , and to obtain a share of Poland ...
... Duke of York alone dissent- ing , the campaign was represented as lost , through the French having established themselves in West Flanders ; it was , there- fore , proposed to evacuate the Netherlands , and to obtain a share of Poland ...
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... Duke of York found himself compelled to retreat beyond the Waal . Venloo fell October 27th , Maestricht , November 4th , and the capture of Nimeguen on the 9th opened to the French the road into Holland . The Duke of York resigned the ...
... Duke of York found himself compelled to retreat beyond the Waal . Venloo fell October 27th , Maestricht , November 4th , and the capture of Nimeguen on the 9th opened to the French the road into Holland . The Duke of York resigned the ...
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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.