Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... broke through the stubborn line of the Dutchmen , and when Sunday night fell , the British frigates were ravaging like wolves amongst the helpless merchantmen . During the night Van Tromp gave his captains orders to scatter , and when ...
... broke through the stubborn line of the Dutchmen , and when Sunday night fell , the British frigates were ravaging like wolves amongst the helpless merchantmen . During the night Van Tromp gave his captains orders to scatter , and when ...
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... broke again the Dutch ships had disappeared , or were discoverable only as tips of vanishing sails on the sea rim . That great three days ' fight off Portland - a " stupendous action , " as Clarendon calls it was the turning - point in ...
... broke again the Dutch ships had disappeared , or were discoverable only as tips of vanishing sails on the sea rim . That great three days ' fight off Portland - a " stupendous action , " as Clarendon calls it was the turning - point in ...
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... broke the spell . " But this was the least result of Blenheim . Its great merit is that it shattered absolutely and finally the attempt of Louis XIV . to establish a sort of universal empire . Louis XIV . is looked at to - day through ...
... broke the spell . " But this was the least result of Blenheim . Its great merit is that it shattered absolutely and finally the attempt of Louis XIV . to establish a sort of universal empire . Louis XIV . is looked at to - day through ...
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... " Nothing less than the warlike genius and masterful will of Marl- borough could have wielded into effectiveness an army made up of such diverse elements . Day broke on August 13 heavy with mist ; and MARLBOROUGH AT BLENHEIM 25.
... " Nothing less than the warlike genius and masterful will of Marl- borough could have wielded into effectiveness an army made up of such diverse elements . Day broke on August 13 heavy with mist ; and MARLBOROUGH AT BLENHEIM 25.
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With Portraits and Plans William Henry Fitchett. Day broke on August 13 heavy with mist ; and under its cover the allied forces moved forward to the attack . Tallard was quite unprepared for an engage- ment , when the fog , lifting for a ...
With Portraits and Plans William Henry Fitchett. Day broke on August 13 heavy with mist ; and under its cover the allied forces moved forward to the attack . Tallard was quite unprepared for an engage- ment , when the fog , lifting for a ...
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