The History of France ...Harper & bros., 1869 |
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... Dumouriez , then minister , conceived the bold plan of assuming the offensive , and invading Belgium , a country in which insurrection had been but lately quelled and imperfectly extinguished . The French , he reasoned , would rally to ...
... Dumouriez , then minister , conceived the bold plan of assuming the offensive , and invading Belgium , a country in which insurrection had been but lately quelled and imperfectly extinguished . The French , he reasoned , would rally to ...
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... Dumouriez was appointed commander - in - chief . The allies in the meantime had not shown any activity in profiting by the dissensions and disorganization of the French . The emperor Francis , having but lately ascended his throne , had ...
... Dumouriez was appointed commander - in - chief . The allies in the meantime had not shown any activity in profiting by the dissensions and disorganization of the French . The emperor Francis , having but lately ascended his throne , had ...
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... Dumouriez . The duke of Brunswick might indeed have taken advantage of this disorganized state of the French army , have attacked and routed the portion of it under La Fayette . A Buonaparte would not have hesitated . The duke , over ...
... Dumouriez . The duke of Brunswick might indeed have taken advantage of this disorganized state of the French army , have attacked and routed the portion of it under La Fayette . A Buonaparte would not have hesitated . The duke , over ...
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... Dumouriez never once lost confidence . " Argonne is the French Thermopyla , " wrote he ; “ but I shall be more fortunate than Leonidas . " The ministry wrote to him in a panic to retreat , to come to their aid , to retire be- hind the ...
... Dumouriez never once lost confidence . " Argonne is the French Thermopyla , " wrote he ; “ but I shall be more fortunate than Leonidas . " The ministry wrote to him in a panic to retreat , to come to their aid , to retire be- hind the ...
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... Dumouriez was present at a ball given in his honor , to intrude in his office of inquisitor . " It is you whom they call Marat , " observed Dumouriez to the monster's summons ; " I cannot hold converse with such a person . ' Still the ...
... Dumouriez was present at a ball given in his honor , to intrude in his office of inquisitor . " It is you whom they call Marat , " observed Dumouriez to the monster's summons ; " I cannot hold converse with such a person . ' Still the ...
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