The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... attempts to land were made on the two subsequent days . At length the Americans , instructed by these miscarriages , made preparations to overcome all opposition , and to disembark their whole force . Early in the morning , three ships ...
... attempts to land were made on the two subsequent days . At length the Americans , instructed by these miscarriages , made preparations to overcome all opposition , and to disembark their whole force . Early in the morning , three ships ...
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... attempt was made to escape up the river . But their ships of war , intermingled with the transports , were closely chased and driven on shore . Some were cap- tured , others set fire to by their own crews , who leaped out and fled into ...
... attempt was made to escape up the river . But their ships of war , intermingled with the transports , were closely chased and driven on shore . Some were cap- tured , others set fire to by their own crews , who leaped out and fled into ...
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... attempt to relieve him was frustrated ; and the capitulation at York Town , in Virginia , put an end to the American contest , That winter a large fleet being about to sail for England , my brother and I procured pas- sages in a ...
... attempt to relieve him was frustrated ; and the capitulation at York Town , in Virginia , put an end to the American contest , That winter a large fleet being about to sail for England , my brother and I procured pas- sages in a ...
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... attempted to seize the patronage of India , and almost to wrench the sceptre from the King's hands . In this emergency the genius of Pitt shone forth whose eloquence roused the indigna- tion of the country against this political junto ...
... attempted to seize the patronage of India , and almost to wrench the sceptre from the King's hands . In this emergency the genius of Pitt shone forth whose eloquence roused the indigna- tion of the country against this political junto ...
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... The regiment at that time was a very indif- ferent one , but every attempt or suggestion he threw out for its improvement was thwarted or disapproved of by the Lieutenant- Colonel , from 1787. ] 37 LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
... The regiment at that time was a very indif- ferent one , but every attempt or suggestion he threw out for its improvement was thwarted or disapproved of by the Lieutenant- Colonel , from 1787. ] 37 LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
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