The Great Battles of All Nations from Marathon to Santiago, 490 B. C.--A.D. 1898, Volumen2P. F. Collier, 1898 |
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Página 481
... success- ful revolt of a colony against the mother - country . It was followed by a series of more or less similar revolts , which stripped France of her largest remaining colony in the western world , and deprived Spain of the whole of ...
... success- ful revolt of a colony against the mother - country . It was followed by a series of more or less similar revolts , which stripped France of her largest remaining colony in the western world , and deprived Spain of the whole of ...
Página 483
... success of the execution been equal to the ingenuity of the design , the recon- quest or submission of the thirteen United States must in all human probability have followed , and the independence which they pró- claimed in 1776 would ...
... success of the execution been equal to the ingenuity of the design , the recon- quest or submission of the thirteen United States must in all human probability have followed , and the independence which they pró- claimed in 1776 would ...
Página 485
... successes were announced , may best be learned from a contempo- rary writer . Burke , in the " Annual Register " for 1777 , describes them thus : " Such was the rapid torrent of success , which swept everything away before the northern ...
... successes were announced , may best be learned from a contempo- rary writer . Burke , in the " Annual Register " for 1777 , describes them thus : " Such was the rapid torrent of success , which swept everything away before the northern ...
Página 487
... successes , St. Leger was obliged to retreat , and to abandon his tents and large quantities of stores to the garrison . At the very time that General Burgoyne heard of this disaster , he experienced one still more severe in the defeat ...
... successes , St. Leger was obliged to retreat , and to abandon his tents and large quantities of stores to the garrison . At the very time that General Burgoyne heard of this disaster , he experienced one still more severe in the defeat ...
Página 488
... successes . But Sir Henry Clinton , a brave and skillful officer , was left with a considerable force at New York , and he undertook the task of moving up the Hudson to co - operate with Burgoyne . Clinton was obliged for this purpose ...
... successes . But Sir Henry Clinton , a brave and skillful officer , was left with a considerable force at New York , and he undertook the task of moving up the Hudson to co - operate with Burgoyne . Clinton was obliged for this purpose ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiral advance Affondatore Ancona armor army arrived artillery attack Austrian battalions battery battle bayonet Bazeilles bombardment brigade British broadside Captain captured cavalry Cawnpore Cemetery Hill Chen Yuen Chih Yuen Chilian Colonel column command Confederate corps crew deck defeat defense division Egyptian eight emperor enemy enemy's engaged fell fight fire five flag flagship flank fleet force forts fought four French frigates front gallant garrison Greek ground guard gunboats gunners guns harbor heavy hill Huascar hundred infantry ironclads Italian Khartoum killed Lieutenant loss MacMahon marched Merrimac Meuse miles morning Napoleon Nelson night o'clock officers Persano port position Pratzen Quitman re-enforced reached rear rebels regiments retreat ridge rifles river road Russians Seminary Ridge shell ships shot side siege signal soldiers Spanish squadron steamed Tegetthoff Telnitz thousand Ting Yuen took troops Turkish turret Velestino vessels victory Wei-hai-wei wounded yards Yuen
Pasajes populares
Página 956 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Página 553 - May the great God whom I worship grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet ! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me, and may His blessing alight on my endeavors for serving my country faithfully! To Him I resign myself, and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen, Amen, Amen.
Página 553 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet.
Página 683 - For more than forty years,' was his remark to Sir James, — ' for more than forty years I have so ruled my life that when death came I might face it without fear.
Página 957 - ... existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battle ship, with 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Página 498 - Lay their bulwarks on the brine While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between: 'Hearts of oak!
Página 490 - Burgoyne to Great Britain, upon condition of not serving again in North America during the present contest...
Página 957 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Página 726 - He had no doubt, he said, that the monster was at this moment on her way to Washington ; and, looking out of the window, which commanded a view of the Potomac for many miles, ' Not unlikely, we shall have a shell or cannonball from one of her guns in the White House before we leave this room.
Página 484 - Saratoga, on the afternoon of the 19th of September, a sharp encounter took place between part of the English right wing, under Burgoyne himself, and a strong body of the enemy under Gates and Arnold. The conflict lasted till sunset. The British remained masters of the field, but the loss on each side was nearly equal (from five...