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... arms . Other doubtful Sections were treated in a similar manner ; and all citizens were called upon to give up their pikes and other non - military weapons , so that only the richer classes retained their arms . The Committee of Public ...
... arms . Other doubtful Sections were treated in a similar manner ; and all citizens were called upon to give up their pikes and other non - military weapons , so that only the richer classes retained their arms . The Committee of Public ...
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... arms were equally successful on the side of Holland . Pichegru having taken Bois le Duc , October 9th , the Duke of York found himself compelled to retreat beyond the Waal . Venloo fell October 27th , Maestricht , November 4th , and the ...
... arms were equally successful on the side of Holland . Pichegru having taken Bois le Duc , October 9th , the Duke of York found himself compelled to retreat beyond the Waal . Venloo fell October 27th , Maestricht , November 4th , and the ...
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... arms , they were treated little better than a conquered people . Secret negotiations had been for some time going on between France and Prussia for a peace . Haugwitz had confidentially in- formed the Committee of Public Welfare that a ...
... arms , they were treated little better than a conquered people . Secret negotiations had been for some time going on between France and Prussia for a peace . Haugwitz had confidentially in- formed the Committee of Public Welfare that a ...
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... arms ; and laid the foun- dation of that system of false policy which , ten years later , proved fatal to his own dominions . The occupation of the left bank of the Rhine , the conquest of the Austrian Netherlands , the establishment of ...
... arms ; and laid the foun- dation of that system of false policy which , ten years later , proved fatal to his own dominions . The occupation of the left bank of the Rhine , the conquest of the Austrian Netherlands , the establishment of ...
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... arms and the policy of France were thus suc- cessful on the Continent , she could not boast of the same good fortune where matters depended on maritime operations . Hence her loss of Corsica . An insurrection , fomented by General Paoli ...
... arms and the policy of France were thus suc- cessful on the Continent , she could not boast of the same good fortune where matters depended on maritime operations . Hence her loss of Corsica . An insurrection , fomented by General Paoli ...
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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.