The age we live in: a history of the nineteenth century, Volumen3,Parte21882 |
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... Ground Mortar B Kitchen BARA Gardine Church MONSUM O DOWLAN Dilarum Kothee Be Boats TOPKHULLA BAGH Charbagh Br Char Bagh 7 . to 40 1357 Barrack Battery Race Stand Sanderbagh Nov 1857 ntrenchmen Nulla Battery taking 1st line of Works in ...
... Ground Mortar B Kitchen BARA Gardine Church MONSUM O DOWLAN Dilarum Kothee Be Boats TOPKHULLA BAGH Charbagh Br Char Bagh 7 . to 40 1357 Barrack Battery Race Stand Sanderbagh Nov 1857 ntrenchmen Nulla Battery taking 1st line of Works in ...
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James Taylor. Egyptian troops who formed the garrison a lodgment upon a strip of ground on its fought with the most heroic courage . The left bank . They were immediately attacked siege is not less memorable in the science of by a body ...
James Taylor. Egyptian troops who formed the garrison a lodgment upon a strip of ground on its fought with the most heroic courage . The left bank . They were immediately attacked siege is not less memorable in the science of by a body ...
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... ground ; ' and ' the taking of Sebastopol and the occupation of the Crimea were objects which would repay all the cost of the war , and would per- manently settle in our favour the principal questions in dispute . ' The destruction of ...
... ground ; ' and ' the taking of Sebastopol and the occupation of the Crimea were objects which would repay all the cost of the war , and would per- manently settle in our favour the principal questions in dispute . ' The destruction of ...
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... ground rises into a ridge which commands both the harbour and the town on the south , and the approach from the Belbec on the north . On the summit of this ridge the Russians had recently con- structed a considerable fort , known as the ...
... ground rises into a ridge which commands both the harbour and the town on the south , and the approach from the Belbec on the north . On the summit of this ridge the Russians had recently con- structed a considerable fort , known as the ...
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... ground that the Russians had thrown up strong earth- works on the bank of the river , and the allies could not afford the loss that would be entailed in forcing them . This , it is affirmed , was a grievous error . The allies might at ...
... ground that the Russians had thrown up strong earth- works on the bank of the river , and the allies could not afford the loss that would be entailed in forcing them . This , it is affirmed , was a grievous error . The allies might at ...
Términos y frases comunes
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
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.