Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 14R. Bagshaw, 1808 - Great Britain |
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... army - MAURICE KLINGSPOR , Field Mar shal and Commander of the Finnish Army | General Vegesack's Report to his Royal Ma jesty , dated Island of Karlo , June 21 1808 . a copy thereof given to the person to whom it applies . - 112 . No ...
... army - MAURICE KLINGSPOR , Field Mar shal and Commander of the Finnish Army | General Vegesack's Report to his Royal Ma jesty , dated Island of Karlo , June 21 1808 . a copy thereof given to the person to whom it applies . - 112 . No ...
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... army and kingdom , I make it known to the faithful and loyal inhabitants of this island , that last night I convened in my palace a meeting composed of all the con- stituted authorities , to lay before them the course which ought to be ...
... army and kingdom , I make it known to the faithful and loyal inhabitants of this island , that last night I convened in my palace a meeting composed of all the con- stituted authorities , to lay before them the course which ought to be ...
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... army . The supreme council further directs , that all Frenchmen , who reside among us , after they shall have taken ... army , which had the au- dacity to provoke our resentment . We have had the good fortune to get possession of all the ...
... army . The supreme council further directs , that all Frenchmen , who reside among us , after they shall have taken ... army , which had the au- dacity to provoke our resentment . We have had the good fortune to get possession of all the ...
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... army of the patriots be left without leaders . - This expedient , which has been detected , gives some idea of the precaution necessary to avoid the conse quence of the perfidy of Murat and his agents , who are endeavouring to spread ...
... army of the patriots be left without leaders . - This expedient , which has been detected , gives some idea of the precaution necessary to avoid the conse quence of the perfidy of Murat and his agents , who are endeavouring to spread ...
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... army encamped in the envirous of this capital , began to bombard the town , and continued the bom- bardment until the evening of the following day during which time , upwards of one thousand four hundred bombs and shells , were thrown ...
... army encamped in the envirous of this capital , began to bombard the town , and continued the bom- bardment until the evening of the following day during which time , upwards of one thousand four hundred bombs and shells , were thrown ...
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Page 5 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 621 - Napoleon, by the grace of God and the constitution, emperor of the French, king of Italy, and protector of the confederation of the Rhine...
Page 405 - ... in effecting his retreat in good order, owing principally to my want of cavalry ; and secondly, to the difficulty of bringing up the passes of the mountains with celerity a sufficient number of troops and of cannon to support those which had first ascended. The loss of the enemy has, however, been very great, and he left three pieces of cannon in our hands. ' I cannot sufficiently applaud the conduct of the troops throughout this action.
Page 173 - His Royal Highness was pleased to return the following most gracious Answer : " I thank you for this loyal and dutiful Address.
Page 1003 - I cannot have escaped error; it is incident to our imperfect nature. But I may say, with truth, my errors have been of the understanding not of intention : and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure.
Page 405 - ... must observe, that although we had such a superiority of numbers employed in the operations of this day, the troops actually engaged in the heat of the action were, from unavoidable circumstances, only the 5th, 9th, 29th, the riflemen of the 95th and 60th, and the flank companies of major-general Hill's brigade, being a number by no means equal to that of the enemy ; their conduct, therefore, deserves the highest commendation.
Page 981 - The favorable reception of the proposition to Great Britain was the less to be doubted, as her orders of council had not only been referred for their vindication to an...
Page 1009 - His majesty would not hesitate to contribute, in any manner in his power, to restore to the commerce of the United States, its wonted activity; and if it were possible to make any sacrifice for the repeal of the embargo, without appearing to deprecate it as a measure of hostility, he would gladly have facilitated its removal, as a measure of inconvenient restriction upon the American people.
Page 47 - Lords and Gentlemen, His Majesty has great satisfaction in informing you, that, notwithstanding the formidable confederacy united against his ally the King of Sweden, that sovereign perseveres, with unabated vigour and constancy, to maintain the honour and indépendance of his crown.