Memoir of the Life and Military Services of Viscount Lake, Baron Lake of Delhi and Laswaree, 1744-1808William Blackwood, 1908 - 431 páginas |
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... advance on Frankfort , which city the French had made their base . This enterprise proved a failure , and the Prince was compelled to fall back on the line of the Weser . It was now the turn of the French to take the offensive , and in ...
... advance on Frankfort , which city the French had made their base . This enterprise proved a failure , and the Prince was compelled to fall back on the line of the Weser . It was now the turn of the French to take the offensive , and in ...
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... ; he disputed the meaning of the three orders to advance that were sent to him ; and his inactivity was carried so far that Prince Ferdinand was robbed of the full results of his victory . The French army lost 6000 men.
... ; he disputed the meaning of the three orders to advance that were sent to him ; and his inactivity was carried so far that Prince Ferdinand was robbed of the full results of his victory . The French army lost 6000 men.
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... advance on Göttingen . Very wet weather had much to do with his failure , and in October the army went into winter quarters , the Prince establishing himself at Warburg , and the Brigade of Guards being stationed at Paderborn , forty ...
... advance on Göttingen . Very wet weather had much to do with his failure , and in October the army went into winter quarters , the Prince establishing himself at Warburg , and the Brigade of Guards being stationed at Paderborn , forty ...
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... advance in mid - winter , and in hope of effect- ing a surprise the scattered corps were assembled as secretly as possible . The Brigade of Guards quitted Paderborn in the middle of February 1761 , and joined Lord Granby's headquarters ...
... advance in mid - winter , and in hope of effect- ing a surprise the scattered corps were assembled as secretly as possible . The Brigade of Guards quitted Paderborn in the middle of February 1761 , and joined Lord Granby's headquarters ...
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... advance , but difficulties soon began . Arnold , an able soldier , cut off his retreat , and Schuyler , with 16,000 men , blocked his advance . Burgoyne doggedly moved on , and Schuyler fell back before him until he was superseded by ...
... advance , but difficulties soon began . Arnold , an able soldier , cut off his retreat , and Schuyler , with 16,000 men , blocked his advance . Burgoyne doggedly moved on , and Schuyler fell back before him until he was superseded by ...
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Memoir of the Life and Military Services of Viscount Lake: Baron Lake of ... Hugh Wodehouse Pearse Visualização integral - 1908 |
Memoir of the Life and Military Services of Viscount Lake: Baron Lake of ... Hugh Wodehouse Pearse Visualização integral - 1908 |
Memoir of the Life and Military Services of Viscount Lake: Baron Lake of ... Hugh Wodehouse Pearse Visualização integral - 1908 |
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1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 8th Light Dragoons action advance Agra Aligarh Amir Khan arrived Arthur Wellesley artillery assault attack battery battle battle of Delhi battle of Laswari Bengal European Bhartpur brave breach British cavalry camp campaign Captain capture Castlebar casualties Cheap Edition Colonel column command Commander-in-Chief companies corps Crown 8vo defeat defence Delhi Demy 8vo despatch detachment Duke enemy England English Fcap fighting fire flank force fortress French gallant garrison George George Lake Gerard guns Holkar honour horse Humbert Illustrations India Irish John Jumna killed Laswari Lieut Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Lord Cornwallis Lord Granby Lord Lake Lord Wellesley loss Major Major-General Maratha miles Monson Muttra Native Infantry October officers ordered paper cover Perron position Post 8vo Prince Ferdinand Raja Rampura rebellion rebels retreat river Royal Scotland sepoys Sindhia Skinner soldier strength surrender tion town troops victory Vinegar Hill vols Wexford William Blackwood wounded
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