The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 374
... declared , was to lead his men into the hottest place he could find and to keep them there as long as possible . Dettingen , wrote his aide - de - camp , was play to Fontenoy , 1 where a third of the British infantry were cut down ...
... declared , was to lead his men into the hottest place he could find and to keep them there as long as possible . Dettingen , wrote his aide - de - camp , was play to Fontenoy , 1 where a third of the British infantry were cut down ...
Page 472
... declared that she must seek to secure herself from the risk of war , and the Franco - Austrian Treaties of Versailles followed . June brought the alarming news that Russia was declaring that she was bound only to resist an attack upon ...
... declared that she must seek to secure herself from the risk of war , and the Franco - Austrian Treaties of Versailles followed . June brought the alarming news that Russia was declaring that she was bound only to resist an attack upon ...
Page 665
... declared that its purpose was to raise a revenue . It will be seen that this position went just far enough to exclude Townshend's duties , and to appeal to moderate " patriots " who did not wish to go any further . The argu- ment was ...
... declared that its purpose was to raise a revenue . It will be seen that this position went just far enough to exclude Townshend's duties , and to appeal to moderate " patriots " who did not wish to go any further . The argu- ment was ...
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