The History of France ...Harper & bros., 1869 |
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... new stratagem . The grand merit of that general was his moral courage . When all his countrymen despaired of their cause , -when the Parisian legislature meditated a retreat behind the Loire , and the Parisian mob made what they.
... new stratagem . The grand merit of that general was his moral courage . When all his countrymen despaired of their cause , -when the Parisian legislature meditated a retreat behind the Loire , and the Parisian mob made what they.
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... retreat , to come to their aid , to retire be- hind the Marne . Dumouriez mocked their fears ; and even when the passages of the Argonne were forced , he took an- other position at St. Menehould , and summoned the several divisions of ...
... retreat , to come to their aid , to retire be- hind the Marne . Dumouriez mocked their fears ; and even when the passages of the Argonne were forced , he took an- other position at St. Menehould , and summoned the several divisions of ...
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... retreat ten days after the affair of Valmy . There were some attempts made at ne- gotiation ; but the ruling powers at Paris would listen to none whilst an enemy trod the territory of France . The retreat of the Prussians , who but a ...
... retreat ten days after the affair of Valmy . There were some attempts made at ne- gotiation ; but the ruling powers at Paris would listen to none whilst an enemy trod the territory of France . The retreat of the Prussians , who but a ...
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... retreat and ineffi- ciency , he attributed to the Jacobins in power , especially to Pache . Dumouriez's first step was to state this opinion frankly in a letter to the executive council at Paris . His next was to give battle to the ...
... retreat and ineffi- ciency , he attributed to the Jacobins in power , especially to Pache . Dumouriez's first step was to state this opinion frankly in a letter to the executive council at Paris . His next was to give battle to the ...
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... retreat precipitately from before Dunkirk . The most remarkable event in the military history of 1793 is the siege of Toulon , not so much from its importance , as from its first bringing to light the talents of Napoleon Buona- parte ...
... retreat precipitately from before Dunkirk . The most remarkable event in the military history of 1793 is the siege of Toulon , not so much from its importance , as from its first bringing to light the talents of Napoleon Buona- parte ...
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