The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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THE FRENCH AT ALGIERS 255 of power . In the days of the Polignac ministry ( August 1829 to July 1830 ) , however , while the apprehensions of the French were being more than fulfilled by the swifter tempo of reaction , rivalry with the ...
THE FRENCH AT ALGIERS 255 of power . In the days of the Polignac ministry ( August 1829 to July 1830 ) , however , while the apprehensions of the French were being more than fulfilled by the swifter tempo of reaction , rivalry with the ...
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For the moment attention centred on Algiers . The successors of Charles X warned Britain frankly that , while the French people valued her alliance , war even with her would be popular if withdrawal from Algiers were the alternative .
For the moment attention centred on Algiers . The successors of Charles X warned Britain frankly that , while the French people valued her alliance , war even with her would be popular if withdrawal from Algiers were the alternative .
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The French army , he maintained , was only big enough to guard against revolution at home and to hold Algiers , both necessary services to Europe , since Algiers had been converted from a nest of pirates into a land where all nations ...
The French army , he maintained , was only big enough to guard against revolution at home and to hold Algiers , both necessary services to Europe , since Algiers had been converted from a nest of pirates into a land where all nations ...
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