Memoirs and Correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G. C. B., Etc., from His Family Papers, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1866 |
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Viscountess Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton Combermere, William Wallingford Knollys. 寓 del 250 mon STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1883 OF WISCONSIN. Front Cover.
Viscountess Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton Combermere, William Wallingford Knollys. 寓 del 250 mon STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1883 OF WISCONSIN. Front Cover.
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... front . At break of day an aide - de - camp from the Austrian general , Otto , the general of the day , galloped up to our lines ( not sup- posing the Carabineers to be mounted ) and exclaimed , The enemy has taken us by surprise , and ...
... front . At break of day an aide - de - camp from the Austrian general , Otto , the general of the day , galloped up to our lines ( not sup- posing the Carabineers to be mounted ) and exclaimed , The enemy has taken us by surprise , and ...
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... front of the French Carabineers , fired his pistols in their faces , and retired zigzag at speed , while the enemy fired several rounds after him . Having rejoined us , he said that the enemy's horses would never be able to stand a ...
... front of the French Carabineers , fired his pistols in their faces , and retired zigzag at speed , while the enemy fired several rounds after him . Having rejoined us , he said that the enemy's horses would never be able to stand a ...
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... front , the baggage and battering train being left under the escort of the left wing . At ten A.M. all was ready for the attack , when suddenly the enemy began apparently to move off to their left and to decline the combat . This ...
... front , the baggage and battering train being left under the escort of the left wing . At ten A.M. all was ready for the attack , when suddenly the enemy began apparently to move off to their left and to decline the combat . This ...
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... front in the most regular order , and had accomplished half the ascent when a large body of Mysorean cavalry formed in the shape of a wedge , and moving with great precision , charged General Baird's brigade . This brigade consisted of ...
... front in the most regular order , and had accomplished half the ascent when a large body of Mysorean cavalry formed in the shape of a wedge , and moving with great precision , charged General Baird's brigade . This brigade consisted of ...
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Стр. 390 - The walls, when examined, proved to be thoroughly secure. No fracture was visible, and the three sides, together with the roof and flooring, presented a structure as solid as if formed of entire slabs of stone.