Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... battles , he was successful in the plains between Mantua and Cremona . He now gaye himself up to luxury and debauchery . He feasted four or five times a day , and was often seen to make himself vomit , to begin his repast afresh . Above ...
... battles , he was successful in the plains between Mantua and Cremona . He now gaye himself up to luxury and debauchery . He feasted four or five times a day , and was often seen to make himself vomit , to begin his repast afresh . Above ...
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... battle ; 3000 French were taken prisoners . The English took 151 cannons , and 400 wagons with mili- tary stores , and the military chest . Their booty was immense . General Clauzel arrived the day after the battle , with two divisions ...
... battle ; 3000 French were taken prisoners . The English took 151 cannons , and 400 wagons with mili- tary stores , and the military chest . Their booty was immense . General Clauzel arrived the day after the battle , with two divisions ...
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... BATTLE OF , on July 5 and 6 , 1809 , gained by Napoleon over the arch- duke Charles . It decided the fate of Austria , on the same field on which Ro- dolph of Hapsburg ( q . v . ) , in 1278 , had been victorious over the proud Ottocar ...
... BATTLE OF , on July 5 and 6 , 1809 , gained by Napoleon over the arch- duke Charles . It decided the fate of Austria , on the same field on which Ro- dolph of Hapsburg ( q . v . ) , in 1278 , had been victorious over the proud Ottocar ...
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... battle by destroying the enemy's centre . Masséna attacked Aderklaa most violently ; and , had he succeeded , all would have been lost ; but the Austrians fought with great bravery against the cavalry , artillery and guards , and repeat ...
... battle by destroying the enemy's centre . Masséna attacked Aderklaa most violently ; and , had he succeeded , all would have been lost ; but the Austrians fought with great bravery against the cavalry , artillery and guards , and repeat ...
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... battles on the sea and coasts , and especially by the demolition of their chief place of assembling , Ras el Elyma ( Kherim ) , where 3200 inhabitants were killed , and 1600 taken prisoners . On the other hand , the British , as a ...
... battles on the sea and coasts , and especially by the demolition of their chief place of assembling , Ras el Elyma ( Kherim ) , where 3200 inhabitants were killed , and 1600 taken prisoners . On the other hand , the British , as a ...
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