A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 |
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... Marlborough ( Her Captain - General ) ... to conduct part of the Troops in Her Majesty's Pay beyond- Sea , to preserve Germany from a total Subversion . . . . " 2 Shortly after this appeal , Marlborough made mention of the idea . On May ...
... Marlborough ( Her Captain - General ) ... to conduct part of the Troops in Her Majesty's Pay beyond- Sea , to preserve Germany from a total Subversion . . . . " 2 Shortly after this appeal , Marlborough made mention of the idea . On May ...
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... Marlborough to disembarrass himself of the Margrave , a slow - witted man whom he did not trust ; therefore he fell in with his request to lay siege to Ingolstadt . On July 31 he wrote to Eugene outlining his plan , which was : while a ...
... Marlborough to disembarrass himself of the Margrave , a slow - witted man whom he did not trust ; therefore he fell in with his request to lay siege to Ingolstadt . On July 31 he wrote to Eugene outlining his plan , which was : while a ...
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... Marlborough , for he had no fresh reserves at hand , night was falling , and he was encumbered with 15,000 prisoners as well as an immense booty.3 Marlborough was elated by his overwhelming victory , and well he might be . Writing to ...
... Marlborough , for he had no fresh reserves at hand , night was falling , and he was encumbered with 15,000 prisoners as well as an immense booty.3 Marlborough was elated by his overwhelming victory , and well he might be . Writing to ...
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