 | William Coxe, John Churchill Duke of Marlborough - Great Britain - 1818 - 642 pages
...taking from a pocket-book a slip of paper, wrote a hasty note to the duchess, announcing his victory. " August 13, 1704. " I have not time to say more, but...Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, colonel Parke, will give her an account of what... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Great Britain - 1839 - 406 pages
...cannon was still sounding in his ears, wrote with a blacklead pencil the following note to the duchess. "August 13, 1704. " I have not time to say more, but...Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, Colonel Parker, will give her an account of what... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Great Britain - 1839 - 410 pages
...cannon was still sounding in his ears, wrote with a blacklead pencil the following note to the duchess. "August 13, 1704. " I have not time to say more, but...Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, Colonel Parker, will give her an account of what... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Great Britain - 1839 - 594 pages
...Marlborough tore a leaf from his pocketbook, and with a black-lead pencil wrote these hasty lines : " August 13, 1704. " I have not time to say more, but...you will give my duty to the Queen, and let her know that her army has had a glorious victory. M. Tallard and the other generals are in my coach,f and I... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1839 - 608 pages
...Marlborough tore a leaf from his pocketbook, and with a black-lead pencil wrote these hasty lines : " Aitgust 13, 1704. " I have not time to say more, but to beg...you will give my duty to the Queen, and let her know that her army has had a glorious victory. M. Tallard and the other generals are in my coach, f and... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 pages
...himself informs us in one of his subsequent letters, was written before " the battle was quite done." "August 13, 1704. " I have not time to say more, but...let her know her army has had a glorious victory. Monsieur Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 526 pages
...himself informs us in one of his subsequent letters, was written before " the battle was quite done." "August 13, 1704. " I have not time to say more, but...let her know her army has had a glorious victory. Monsieur Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my... | |
 | Louisa Stuart Costello - Great Britain - 1844 - 416 pages
...danger and difficulty. How precious a document is this hurried announcement of the important victory ! " August 13, 1704. " I have not time to say more but...you will give my duty to the Queen, and let her know that her army has had a glorious victory. M. Tallard and the other generals are in my coach, and I... | |
 | John Stoughton - Windsor (Berkshire, England) History - 1844 - 266 pages
...his lady, is preserved among the archives of Blenheim. " I have not time," says the great general, " to say more, but to beg you will give my duty to the queen, and let her know that her army has had a glorious victory. M. Tallard and the other generals are in my coach, and I... | |
 | William Coxe - Great Britain - 1847 - 540 pages
...taking from a pocket-book a slip of paper, wrote a hasty note to the duchess, announcing his victory. " August 13. 1704. — I have not time to say more,...glorious victory. M. Tallard and two other generals arc in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, Colonel Parke, will give... | |
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Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, Colonel Parke, will give her an account of what has passed. I shall do it in a day or two, by another more at large. — MARLBOROUGH."* The fate... 
