The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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upon General Harris's army , which , by a happy movement of Colonel Wellesley's column , took the enemy in flank , and totally defeated - him . ' It was not the army , but Wellesley's column and General Floyd's cavalry , which Lord ...
upon General Harris's army , which , by a happy movement of Colonel Wellesley's column , took the enemy in flank , and totally defeated - him . ' It was not the army , but Wellesley's column and General Floyd's cavalry , which Lord ...
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... column and then deployed . Unfortunately my first line , which had been directed to keep clear of Assaye , swayed to the right , and became * On this occasion his brother Henry wrote to him , April 22 , 1801- I am really very much ...
... column and then deployed . Unfortunately my first line , which had been directed to keep clear of Assaye , swayed to the right , and became * On this occasion his brother Henry wrote to him , April 22 , 1801- I am really very much ...
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... column , the English always attacked in line ; and that the real resistance to an attack by troops waiting for their ... columns of the Guard with his English troops in line , but he did not venture to trust his foreign troops in that ...
... column , the English always attacked in line ; and that the real resistance to an attack by troops waiting for their ... columns of the Guard with his English troops in line , but he did not venture to trust his foreign troops in that ...
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column had not , as far as we are aware , been mooted ; and the Duke would naturally have mentioned the steadiness of the British infantry to stand to their bayonets , as his reason for believing that he could beat the terrible French ...
column had not , as far as we are aware , been mooted ; and the Duke would naturally have mentioned the steadiness of the British infantry to stand to their bayonets , as his reason for believing that he could beat the terrible French ...
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... columns , as that had been suspended to the ceiling . In this manner several platforms of combs are constructed , the outer walls being ex- tended at the same time , and by the end of the summer there are generally from twelve to ...
... columns , as that had been suspended to the ceiling . In this manner several platforms of combs are constructed , the outer walls being ex- tended at the same time , and by the end of the summer there are generally from twelve to ...
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