The London Quarterly Review, Volume 15Theodore Foster, 1817 |
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A peasant of Bas Poitou resisted the gendarmes with a pitchfork ; he had received two and twenty sabre strokes , when they cried o him Rends - toi ! -Rendez - moi mon - Dieu ! was his reply , and he died as the words were uttered ...
A peasant of Bas Poitou resisted the gendarmes with a pitchfork ; he had received two and twenty sabre strokes , when they cried o him Rends - toi ! -Rendez - moi mon - Dieu ! was his reply , and he died as the words were uttered ...
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... in- surgents . They received a defeat just as he arrived ; —they were about to disperse , -they had not two pounds of powder among them . D'Elbée , Bonchamp , Cathelineau , Stofflet , 22 APRIL La Roche Jaquelein - La Vendée .
... in- surgents . They received a defeat just as he arrived ; —they were about to disperse , -they had not two pounds of powder among them . D'Elbée , Bonchamp , Cathelineau , Stofflet , 22 APRIL La Roche Jaquelein - La Vendée .
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... receiving a wound ; and thus he was often rendered inca- pable of serving when his services would have been of most im portance . Stofflet was brave , active , and intelligent ; the soldiers obeyed him better than any other leader ...
... receiving a wound ; and thus he was often rendered inca- pable of serving when his services would have been of most im portance . Stofflet was brave , active , and intelligent ; the soldiers obeyed him better than any other leader ...
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... received awound : RocheJaquelein and La Forêt got over unhurt ; the troops then came rushing on to support them , and the passage was won . Bonchamp at the same time won the ford . They advanced against the town , and the pea- sants ...
... received awound : RocheJaquelein and La Forêt got over unhurt ; the troops then came rushing on to support them , and the passage was won . Bonchamp at the same time won the ford . They advanced against the town , and the pea- sants ...
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... received prompt and efficacious sup- port from England ; but while the chiefs deliberated , the men became weary of expected orders , and dispersed that they might have the pleasure of recounting their exploits at home . The leaders ...
... received prompt and efficacious sup- port from England ; but while the chiefs deliberated , the men became weary of expected orders , and dispersed that they might have the pleasure of recounting their exploits at home . The leaders ...
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