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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... 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 , at Vittoria , and , with great ...
... 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 , at Vittoria , and , with great ...
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... prisoners , twelve eagles and colors , and eleven cannons ) . The loss of the French cannot be reckoned at less . On the 7th , 9th and 10th , the arch- duke retreated , constantly fighting , to the heights of Znaym , where Marmont and ...
... prisoners , twelve eagles and colors , and eleven cannons ) . The loss of the French cannot be reckoned at less . On the 7th , 9th and 10th , the arch- duke retreated , constantly fighting , to the heights of Znaym , where Marmont and ...
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... prisoners . On the other hand , the British , as a condition of their further assistance , stipulated with the imam for the islands of the Persian gulf , Bahrein and Zebora , celebrated for their rich pearl fisheries . In 1810 , the ...
... prisoners . On the other hand , the British , as a condition of their further assistance , stipulated with the imam for the islands of the Persian gulf , Bahrein and Zebora , celebrated for their rich pearl fisheries . In 1810 , the ...
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... prisoner . The inhabitants of the city now surrendered , but demanded an amnesty , and that their lives and houses ... prisoners , December 17 , 1818. De- tached bands of Wahabees are still said to rove through the desert ; and the ...
... prisoner . The inhabitants of the city now surrendered , but demanded an amnesty , and that their lives and houses ... prisoners , December 17 , 1818. De- tached bands of Wahabees are still said to rove through the desert ; and the ...
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... prisoner , but exchanged in September , 1779. He was twice chosen governor of the state , once a senator of the U. States , and , at four different peri- ods , a judge of the superior courts , which last office he held fifteen years ...
... prisoner , but exchanged in September , 1779. He was twice chosen governor of the state , once a senator of the U. States , and , at four different peri- ods , a judge of the superior courts , which last office he held fifteen years ...
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