The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., 50. köideJ. Dodsley, 1811 |
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... ground , and repeatedly charging through the enemy's squadrons , till the ar- rival of Lord Paget with the 10th hussars ; who , together with the pickets , drove the enemy into the river , killing or wounding 55 , and taking 70 ...
... ground , and repeatedly charging through the enemy's squadrons , till the ar- rival of Lord Paget with the 10th hussars ; who , together with the pickets , drove the enemy into the river , killing or wounding 55 , and taking 70 ...
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... ground : a plain proof that his official dispatches were not always consonant with his own cool judgment ; and that his re- ports , instead of being a faithful statement of facts , were only a statement of his own wishes , or those of ...
... ground : a plain proof that his official dispatches were not always consonant with his own cool judgment ; and that his re- ports , instead of being a faithful statement of facts , were only a statement of his own wishes , or those of ...
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... ground near the harbour , and fired at the transports . Several of the masters were so much frightened , that they cut their cables , and four ships ran aground . The troops of these ships were put on board others , and the stranded ...
... ground near the harbour , and fired at the transports . Several of the masters were so much frightened , that they cut their cables , and four ships ran aground . The troops of these ships were put on board others , and the stranded ...
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... ground for any further military inquiry ; but this was not saying that there was no ground for inquiry at all . The Earl of Buckinghamshire , while he approved of the exertions made by ministers in favour of the Spanish Patriots , could ...
... ground for any further military inquiry ; but this was not saying that there was no ground for inquiry at all . The Earl of Buckinghamshire , while he approved of the exertions made by ministers in favour of the Spanish Patriots , could ...
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... ground ; and that after such discretion was confided to him , he should at least have been continued in his command . In all these respects , Lord H. P. on a review of the campaign , considered the conduct of ministers as deficient ...
... ground ; and that after such discretion was confided to him , he should at least have been continued in his command . In all these respects , Lord H. P. on a review of the campaign , considered the conduct of ministers as deficient ...
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