A History of the English-speaking Peoples: The age of revolutionCassell, 1956 - English-speaking countries |
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Page 10
... command of the sea regained . William was thus free after two years to proceed in person to the Continent with strong forces and to assume command of the main armies of the Alliance . He took Marlborough with him at the head of the ...
... command of the sea regained . William was thus free after two years to proceed in person to the Continent with strong forces and to assume command of the main armies of the Alliance . He took Marlborough with him at the head of the ...
Page 40
... command- ing the Imperial Army of the Rhine , and Prince Eugene , who , though he had no actual command , represented the supreme military control of the Empire . Here for the first time began that splendid comradeship of the Duke and ...
... command- ing the Imperial Army of the Rhine , and Prince Eugene , who , though he had no actual command , represented the supreme military control of the Empire . Here for the first time began that splendid comradeship of the Duke and ...
Page 124
... command , and never to count the cost , whether in blood or gold - this was the spirit of Pitt , and this spirit he infused into every rank of his country- men , admirals and powder - monkeys , great merchants and little shopkeepers ...
... command , and never to count the cost , whether in blood or gold - this was the spirit of Pitt , and this spirit he infused into every rank of his country- men , admirals and powder - monkeys , great merchants and little shopkeepers ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I WILLIAM OF ORANGE | 3 |
CONTINENTAL WAR | 13 |
THE SPANISH SUCCESSION | 23 |
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