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共 52 段- ALMA, BATTLE OF THE.--Fought, September 20th, 1854. “Lord Ra
- Onward swept that magnificent charge, officers and men vying
- As the Spanish Admiral had orders not to engage in hostiliti
- General Bosquet, a stout soldierlike-looking man, who remind
- BANNOCKBURN, BATTLE OF.--This battle is called the “Marathon
- The “saucy _Arethusa_,” and her little companion in arms, th
- BRESLAU, BATTLE OF.--Between the Austrians and Prussians, th
- Our next route led across the bridge through the defile alre
- The following is a brief narrative from an English journal o
- Parkes, Loch, and their Sikh orderly, had been taken off str
- CONSTANTINE THE GREAT.--It was whilst preparing to cross the
- How little can the home-keeping public realise the feelings
- ECKMUHL, BATTLE OF.--Fought, April 22nd, 1809, between the m
- The army of Surrey was still marching across the bridge, whe
- GIBRALTAR.--A British fortress on the Straits of the same na
- All night the bells of Sebastopol rang loudly. The heavy Nov
- Wearied, wounded, and almost disheartened, the English heroe
- “Omer Pacha, gradually overcoming the difficulties of that
- LINLITHGOW-BRIDGE, BATTLE OF.--Between the forces of the Ear
- Such was the great disaster of the 18th of June, the anniver
- Those brave troops had heard the tramp of thousands of caval
- NIAGARA FORT.--_Upper Canada._--“The Fort of Niagara was a p
- Sir John Sinclair, cousin to the Earl, knelt beside him, sup
- The field of Diletz is almost more thickly strewn with kille
- Mourad Bey, no sooner perceived the lateral movement of the
- At this juncture Sir Isaac Brock arrived. He had for days su
- There was a tremendous conflict in La Halle, the great marke
- ROADS, LORD COCHRANE AT BASQUE.--“Our fire-ships were sent i
- While the centre advanced slowly, but surely, a space seemed
- ST. SEBASTIAN, SIEGE OF.--By the British and Allied armies,
- SANTA CRUZ.--Here, April 25th, 1657, the renowned Blake tota
- SERINGAPATAM, OPENING THE TRENCHES BEFORE.--“On the morning
- SLAUGHTER or MASSACRE OF GLENCOE.--This barbarous and diabol
- While this was going on in the French trenches, to the right
- He did what he could to send help to his reeling squadrons.
- Towards evening the Russians drew off, leaving about 3000 de
- It had been part of Nelson’s prayer, that the British fleet
- Thus 100 miles of Spanish ground had been cleared of the Fre
- The latter of these two pleas has been generally rejected by
- Against these the Duke had to place in position, on the oppo
- But Gourgaud himself, Napoleon’s own aide-de-camp, is the be
- “Wellington did not allow our grenadiers time to recollect
- There is no parallel to its disastrous character. An army of
- He was not far from the city, when he met a vessel covered w
- During four days, the besiegers were employed in constructin
- [1] In the Register of the Convent of the Friars Minors in
- 89 The Mithridatic war begins; lasts twenty-six years; 86 Sy
- 1340 Copper money first used in Scotland and Ireland. Thomas
- 1659 The House of Commons shut up, and entrance denied its
- 1821 A Pedo-motive machine invented by Dr. Cartwright for
- “First body of French troops leaves Toulon; Austrian ultimat
- Infantry of the Guard, stated by Gourgaud, p. 37, and