Some Account
Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of His Services in the Canadas, Including a Reply to the Strictures on His Military Character, Contained in an Article in the Quarterly Review
作者:Brenton, E. B.
体例:段 章数:18
字数:362,163 来源:Project Gutenberg
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共 18 段- From this statement, drawn from the original correspondence,
- It was in further pursuance of the line of policy adopted at
- The result of the first campaign was highly honorable to the
- The only advantage which the Americans derived in this attac
- It is said by the Quarterly Reviewer, that at this period Co
- The subjoined extract of a letter from Sir James Yeo to Sir
- A similar degree of incorrectness prevails in the Reviewer's
- As soon as Sir George Prevost had, by a thorough reconnoitri
- If therefore our squadron could not have been recovered, or
- Lady Prevost having thus satisfactorily accomplished the gre
- On the 16th, the Compte d'Estaing sent a haughty letter to G
- Lorsque le paix, objet de tous ties voeux, fait rentrer l'Is
- _Downing Street, 18th May, 1805._
- "We, His Majesty's loyal subjects, the Members of the House
- "The pride and pleasure which we feel from the behaviour of
- "The Court having duly weighed and considered the evidence a
- "That for the better carrying into execution the object this
- [106] Since this work went to press, a positive contradictio