The age we live in: a history of the nineteenth century, Band 3,Teil 21882 |
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... command was intrusted to Gencral St. Arnaud , who as Minister of War had taken a prominent part in the coup d'état and in the Parisian massacres . He was a person of considerable ability and extraordinary spirit , had shown himself a ...
... command was intrusted to Gencral St. Arnaud , who as Minister of War had taken a prominent part in the coup d'état and in the Parisian massacres . He was a person of considerable ability and extraordinary spirit , had shown himself a ...
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... command of Lieutenant greatly to strengthen and encourage the Glyn of the Britannia . He promptly placed garrison . In the course of the siege Captain these boats in a narrow loop of the Danube , Butler received a wound , of which he ...
... command of Lieutenant greatly to strengthen and encourage the Glyn of the Britannia . He promptly placed garrison . In the course of the siege Captain these boats in a narrow loop of the Danube , Butler received a wound , of which he ...
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... command of the sea there was no difficulty in conveying their troops to the place selected for a landing - Kalamita Bay , on the south - western shore of the Crimea , about thirty miles to the north of Sebasto- pol . Their ...
... command of the sea there was no difficulty in conveying their troops to the place selected for a landing - Kalamita Bay , on the south - western shore of the Crimea , about thirty miles to the north of Sebasto- pol . Their ...
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... command begin to show themselves . It is much to be regretted that Lord Raglan's advice was not followed , as such ... commands both the harbour and the town on the south , and the approach from the Belbec on the north . On the summit of ...
... command begin to show themselves . It is much to be regretted that Lord Raglan's advice was not followed , as such ... commands both the harbour and the town on the south , and the approach from the Belbec on the north . On the summit of ...
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... command of the French army to General Canrobert , and died a few days after on his passage to Constantinople . At the time when the allied forces took up their new position on the south of The allied forces had taken up their position ...
... command of the French army to General Canrobert , and died a few days after on his passage to Constantinople . At the time when the allied forces took up their new position on the south of The allied forces had taken up their position ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allied ammunition arms army artillery assailants assault attack attempt Austria Balaklava batteries battle Bithoor body brigade Brigadier Britain British Government brought camp Captain captured carried cause cavalry Cawnpore Colonel column command compelled Confederate Crimea death declared defeated defence Delhi despatched Duchies enemy enemy's escape European favour Federal feeling Fenian fire force fortress France French Emperor garrison Governor-General guns hands Havelock heavy House India infantry Italy June killed King Lord Elgin Lord John Russell Lord Palmerston Lord Raglan loss Lucknow M'Clellan Meerut ment miles military mutiny native troops night North Northern officers Oude Outram party Patna peace position President Prince prisoners Punjaub rebels redoubts refused regiments retreat river Russian Sardinia Sebastopol sent Sepoys shot siege Sikhs Sir Colin Sir James Outram slave slavery soldiers South Southern strong success suffering taken territory tion took town treaty Turkish Union vessels whole wounded
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 51 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Seite 43 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Seite 51 - I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the Colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Seite 56 - With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Seite 293 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag ; 4.
Seite 44 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Seite 51 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Seite 56 - It would have been presented at once, but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted all the best years of my life, and all the ability I possessed.
Seite 49 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Seite 90 - Gentlemen — the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new startingpoint from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions.