Great Events
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共 36 段- In a period so tumultuous as was this quarter-century, one c
- Concord was described in 1775, by Ensign Berniere, as follow
- The British lost seventy-three killed, one hundred seventy-f
- The burning of Charlestown, though a place of great trade, d
- In Congress, Friday, June 7, 1776, the delegates from Virgin
- Since the Declaration of Independence the American forces
- Burgoyne pushed forward some bodies of irregular troops to d
- Jones now backed his topsails, and the sails of the Serapis
- During the engagement between the Richard and the Serapis, t
- Their number was swelled also by the more intelligent portio
- On September 30th the allies occupied the deserted positions
- To Great Britain it was of the utmost importance that, once
- At this time the enemy's camp and the surrounding hills were
- The growth of this new historic sense, informed with clearer
- But no allowance for bad generalship can account for the fai
- As soon as the contest was ended, their property was confisc
- Scarce ten months had elapsed since M. Montgolfier made his
- In settling a rule of apportionment, several questions were
- Not a single provision of the Constitution, as it came from
- At the other extremity of the bridge were assembled many hun
- On March 4, 1797, he bade a last farewell to public life. Th
- The defection of the French Guards, with the repugnance of t
- "The aid afforded to the United States," said he, "by the Ba
- Toussaint was then fifty years old. None knew the day of his
- Scarcely, however, had this note reached Dumouriez, whose mi
- On this attack Kellermann's artillery moved forward and took
- As Great Britain was the last of the European countries to t
- Great difficulty was experienced in separating the seed from
- To this conclusion, then, hast thou come, O hapless Louis! T
- On this same evening, therefore, about half past seven o'clo
- Robespierre had said to a deputation from Aisne: "In the sit
- It was five o'clock, and the carts had just drawn up as usua
- Napoleon, regarded by many as the most remarkable man of
- The dispirited army of Colli was attacked at Mondovi during
- By six o'clock Nelson's line was formed, without any precise
- "Shall I, who even in the morning of my days, sought the low