A circumstantial narrative of the campaign in Russia, tr. [by E. Boyce].Samuel Leigh, in the Strand, 1815 - 442 pages |
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... houses are clean and well built ; in the other , they are dirty and of a clumsy construction . The inha- bitants of the former are civil and hospitable ; those of the latter consisted chiefly of filthy and disgusting Jews . Many of the ...
... houses are clean and well built ; in the other , they are dirty and of a clumsy construction . The inha- bitants of the former are civil and hospitable ; those of the latter consisted chiefly of filthy and disgusting Jews . Many of the ...
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... house to shelter him ; we were heaped upon one another under some wretched sheds , or exposed to all the inclemencies of the weather , An ex- treme scarcity made us anticipate the horrors of famine . The rain fell in torrents , and over ...
... house to shelter him ; we were heaped upon one another under some wretched sheds , or exposed to all the inclemencies of the weather , An ex- treme scarcity made us anticipate the horrors of famine . The rain fell in torrents , and over ...
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... cherished illusions which were but too soon destroyed . After a march of two hours through marshy ground , we arrived at the town of Kroni ( 1st July ) , D in which the chateau and all the houses are built WILNA . 33.
... cherished illusions which were but too soon destroyed . After a march of two hours through marshy ground , we arrived at the town of Kroni ( 1st July ) , D in which the chateau and all the houses are built WILNA . 33.
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... houses were all deserted , which convinced us that the enemy , in order to ruin the country through which we were to pass , and deprive us of all means of subsistence , had carried along with them the inhabitants and the cattle . The ...
... houses were all deserted , which convinced us that the enemy , in order to ruin the country through which we were to pass , and deprive us of all means of subsistence , had carried along with them the inhabitants and the cattle . The ...
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... houses , when a crowd of Jews , followed by women , children , and old men with their beards reaching to their ... houses of the Russians at Troki had been all deprived of their furniture by the inhabitants , who had carried every thing ...
... houses , when a crowd of Jews , followed by women , children , and old men with their beards reaching to their ... houses of the Russians at Troki had been all deprived of their furniture by the inhabitants , who had carried every thing ...
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