Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 - 456 páginas |
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... hundred undisciplined mountaineers . * But thirty or forty leagues of country were now interposed between the two armies , and General Cope , either from ignorance in the art of war , notwith- * The correspondence between Sir John Cope ...
... hundred undisciplined mountaineers . * But thirty or forty leagues of country were now interposed between the two armies , and General Cope , either from ignorance in the art of war , notwith- * The correspondence between Sir John Cope ...
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... hundred men , to prevent their sallies , and deprive them of the means of disturbing us in the city . He ordered , * We must not understand this literally . The chief em- ployment of the bulk of the inhabitants of the Highlands was to ...
... hundred men , to prevent their sallies , and deprive them of the means of disturbing us in the city . He ordered , * We must not understand this literally . The chief em- ployment of the bulk of the inhabitants of the Highlands was to ...
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... hundred men , badly armed , a part of them having only bludgeons in their hands . They had found very few arms at Edinburgh , as the inhabitants , before the capitulation , had deposited them in the , castle , which is very strong ...
... hundred men , badly armed , a part of them having only bludgeons in their hands . They had found very few arms at Edinburgh , as the inhabitants , before the capitulation , had deposited them in the , castle , which is very strong ...
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... hundred men do against four thousand , in a position inaccessible on every point ? The camp of the enemy was for- tified by nature , and in the happiest position for so small an army . The general had on his right two inclosures ...
... hundred men do against four thousand , in a position inaccessible on every point ? The camp of the enemy was for- tified by nature , and in the happiest position for so small an army . The general had on his right two inclosures ...
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... hundred paces from his army , for bushes . for bushes . It consisted of twelve hun- dred men ; and our second line , of six hundred men , was composed of those who were badly armed ; many of them , as we have already ob- served , having ...
... hundred paces from his army , for bushes . for bushes . It consisted of twelve hun- dred men ; and our second line , of six hundred men , was composed of those who were badly armed ; many of them , as we have already ob- served , having ...
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