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... prisoners immediately availed themselves of the permission offered them to assume the white cockade . De Puisaye , knowing that inaction must be fatal to the enterprise , and hopeless of moving his slow and punctilious colleague but by ...
... prisoners immediately availed themselves of the permission offered them to assume the white cockade . De Puisaye , knowing that inaction must be fatal to the enterprise , and hopeless of moving his slow and punctilious colleague but by ...
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... prisoners who had been received into the ranks of the invaders , merely on their representations that they were willing to serve on the opposite side , only waited for an opportunity to rejoin their former comrades . These men , who ...
... prisoners who had been received into the ranks of the invaders , merely on their representations that they were willing to serve on the opposite side , only waited for an opportunity to rejoin their former comrades . These men , who ...
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... prisoners of war . Other officers of rank were exe- cuted with their noble and chivalrous leader . The venerable Bishop of Dol , who had favoured the Royalist cause , underwent the same fate . All the prisoners , with the exception of a ...
... prisoners of war . Other officers of rank were exe- cuted with their noble and chivalrous leader . The venerable Bishop of Dol , who had favoured the Royalist cause , underwent the same fate . All the prisoners , with the exception of a ...
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... prisons of Brittany and La Vendée . This marauding band was sent forth under the orders of one Tate , an Irish adventurer , who held the rank of Colonel in the French army . Tate's instructions were to enter the Bristol Channel , and to ...
... prisons of Brittany and La Vendée . This marauding band was sent forth under the orders of one Tate , an Irish adventurer , who held the rank of Colonel in the French army . Tate's instructions were to enter the Bristol Channel , and to ...
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... prisoners on board ; and some dreadful event was hourly expected . On the next day , however , the men repented of their violence , and addressed a dutiful letter both to the Board and to their Admiral , Lord Bridport . These overtures ...
... prisoners on board ; and some dreadful event was hourly expected . On the next day , however , the men repented of their violence , and addressed a dutiful letter both to the Board and to their Admiral , Lord Bridport . These overtures ...
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