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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... fell back on Skenesborough . Attacked there by Bur- goyne , he fell back on Fort Ann , and was ordered by General Schuyler to withdraw to Saratoga and to evacuate Fort Edward on the way . It was now that . Burgoyne committed an error ...
... fell back on Skenesborough . Attacked there by Bur- goyne , he fell back on Fort Ann , and was ordered by General Schuyler to withdraw to Saratoga and to evacuate Fort Edward on the way . It was now that . Burgoyne committed an error ...
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... fell upon Alsusiev's corps at Champaubert , and virtually annihilated it , and on the following day with 20,000 men Napoleon struck at Sacken's corps at Montmirail , defeated it and drove it northward over the Marne at Château - Thierry ...
... fell upon Alsusiev's corps at Champaubert , and virtually annihilated it , and on the following day with 20,000 men Napoleon struck at Sacken's corps at Montmirail , defeated it and drove it northward over the Marne at Château - Thierry ...
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... fell back toward Plancenoit , and Wellington , watching his enemy's rapidly increasing confusion , decided to finish the day . He spurred his horse forward to the edge of the plateau , took off his hat and waved it in the air . At once ...
... fell back toward Plancenoit , and Wellington , watching his enemy's rapidly increasing confusion , decided to finish the day . He spurred his horse forward to the edge of the plateau , took off his hat and waved it in the air . At once ...
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