History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution in MDCCLXXXIX [i.e. 1789] to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV [i.e. 1815], Volume 12Blackwood, 1847 |
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Pagina iii
... battle of Baylen , 33. Battle of Baylen , 34. Defeat of the French , · · 71 72 73 74 ib . 75 ib . · 77 78 79 80 81 82 ib . - 83 ib . 35. Tardy arrival of Vedel , who shares in the disgrace , 84 36. Capitulation of Dupont , 37. Immense ...
... battle of Baylen , 33. Battle of Baylen , 34. Defeat of the French , · · 71 72 73 74 ib . 75 ib . · 77 78 79 80 81 82 ib . - 83 ib . 35. Tardy arrival of Vedel , who shares in the disgrace , 84 36. Capitulation of Dupont , 37. Immense ...
Pagina iv
... battle of Vimeira , 67. Positions taken up by the two armies , 68. Battle of Vimeira , 69. Desperate conflict on the left , 70. Defeat of the French , 71. Sir A. Wellesley proposes to follow up the victory , 72. But is prevented by Sir ...
... battle of Vimeira , 67. Positions taken up by the two armies , 68. Battle of Vimeira , 69. Desperate conflict on the left , 70. Defeat of the French , 71. Sir A. Wellesley proposes to follow up the victory , 72. But is prevented by Sir ...
Pagina v
... Battle of Burgos , and defeat of the Spanish centre , 27. Positions of the French and Spanish armies before the battle of Tudela , 28. Total defeat of the Spaniards , 29. Disorderly and eccentric retreat of the Spanish armies from the ...
... Battle of Burgos , and defeat of the Spanish centre , 27. Positions of the French and Spanish armies before the battle of Tudela , 28. Total defeat of the Spaniards , 29. Disorderly and eccentric retreat of the Spanish armies from the ...
Pagina vii
... battle , 42. Battle of Echmuhl , 43. Napoleon gains the victory , 44. Desperate cavalry action in front of Ratisbon , 45. In which the Austrian horse are at length overthrown , 46. The Archduke retreats across the Danube , and Ratisbon ...
... battle , 42. Battle of Echmuhl , 43. Napoleon gains the victory , 44. Desperate cavalry action in front of Ratisbon , 45. In which the Austrian horse are at length overthrown , 46. The Archduke retreats across the Danube , and Ratisbon ...
Pagina viii
... Battle of the Piave , 25. Defeat of the Austrians , 26. Retreat of the Austrians from Italy into Hungary , 27. Capture of the mountain forts of Carinthia and Styria by the French , 28. Assault of the Col di Tarwis and oth er forts , 29 ...
... Battle of the Piave , 25. Defeat of the Austrians , 26. Retreat of the Austrians from Italy into Hungary , 27. Capture of the mountain forts of Carinthia and Styria by the French , 28. Assault of the Col di Tarwis and oth er forts , 29 ...
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Brani popolari
Pagina 170 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me;" — and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Pagina 100 - I was nimuk-wallah, as we say in the East ; I have ate of the King's salt ; and therefore I consider it my duty to serve with zeal and promptitude when or wherever the King or his government may think proper to employ me.
Pagina 50 - We shall proceed upon the principle that any nation of Europe that starts up with a determination to oppose a power which, whether professing insidious peace or declaring open war, is the common enemy of all nations, whatever may be the existing political relations of that nation with Great Britain, becomes instantly our essential ally.
Pagina 30 - ... was carried, was regarded with awe, and obeyed without hesitation. Previous to this, we do not hear of its having been adopted in the Lowlands ; but on the present emergency, being fastened to the point of a spear, it was transmitted by the heralds and pursuivants throughout every part of the realm ; from town to town, from village to village, from hamlet to hamlet, the ensanguined symbol flew with...
Pagina 170 - the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice ! ' These precious sentences were among the last he uttered : his sufferings were not long : he expired with the hand of Colonel Anderson pressed firmly in his own.
Pagina 2 - Napoleon, the firmness of Wellington, have been exerted on its plains ; and, like their great predecessors in the wars of Rome and Carthage, these two illustrious chiefs rolled the chariot of victory over its surface, and, missing each other, severally conquered every other opponent till their mutual renown filled the world, and Europe, in breathless suspense, awaited the issue of their conflict on another shore.
Pagina 100 - Pole and Burghersh have apprised me of the arrangements for the future command of this army; and the former has informed me of your kindness towards me, of which I have experienced so many instances, that I can never doubt it in any case. All that I can say upon that subject is, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my hest to insure its success...
Pagina 186 - ... nations so situated the delusive prospect of a peace between Great Britain and France could not fail to be peculiarly injurious. Their preparations might be relaxed by the vain hope of returning tranquillity; or their purpose shaken by the apprehension of being left to contend alone.
Pagina 38 - Europe,' says the Junta of Seville, 'will applaud our efforts and hasten to our assistance : Italy, Germany, and the whole North, which suffer under the despotism of the French nation, will eagerly avail themselves of the favourable opportunity, held out to them by Spain, to shake off the yoke and recover their liberty, their laws, their monarchs, and all they have been robbed of by that nation. France herself will hasten to erase the stain of infamy, which must cover the tools and instruments of...
Pagina 38 - France has never domineered over us, nor set her foot in our territory. We have many times mastered her, not by deceit, but by force of arms; we have made her kings prisoners, and we have made the nation tremble — we are the same Spaniards, and France, and Europe, and the world shall see, that we are not less gallant, nor less brave, than the most glorious of our ancestors.