History of the United Netherlands from the death of William the silent to the Synod of Dort, with a full view of the English-Dutch struggle against Spain, and of the origin and destruction of the Spanish armada, Volumen4 |
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... attempt to construct temporary bridges ( for of course little progress had been made in the stone bridge hardly begun ) or to make use of boats than in waiting for the falling of the water , and , should the enemy make his appearance ...
... attempt to construct temporary bridges ( for of course little progress had been made in the stone bridge hardly begun ) or to make use of boats than in waiting for the falling of the water , and , should the enemy make his appearance ...
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... attempting to convey the information which he had evidently been sent forward to impart , he was shot by command of the stadholder , and so told no further tales.13 The enemy had now come very close , and it was the desire of Count ...
... attempting to convey the information which he had evidently been sent forward to impart , he was shot by command of the stadholder , and so told no further tales.13 The enemy had now come very close , and it was the desire of Count ...
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... attempt to intercept the backward move- ment of the States ' army and to seize this vital point and the artillery with it , the Spaniards hesitated and were some- 18 " Je vous asseure que la victoire courut alors grand hazard , car au ...
... attempt to intercept the backward move- ment of the States ' army and to seize this vital point and the artillery with it , the Spaniards hesitated and were some- 18 " Je vous asseure que la victoire courut alors grand hazard , car au ...
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... attempted embarkation in the face of his enemy . To stay indefinitely where he was would have proved an impossibility , and amid the confusion necessary to the shipping of his army , how could he have protected him- self by six demi ...
... attempted embarkation in the face of his enemy . To stay indefinitely where he was would have proved an impossibility , and amid the confusion necessary to the shipping of his army , how could he have protected him- self by six demi ...
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... Attempt on Bois - le - Duc - Concentration of the war at Ostend - Account of the belligerents- Details of the siege - Feigned offer of Sir Francis Vere to capitulate- Arrival of reinforcements from the States - Attack and overthrow of ...
... Attempt on Bois - le - Duc - Concentration of the war at Ostend - Account of the belligerents- Details of the siege - Feigned offer of Sir Francis Vere to capitulate- Arrival of reinforcements from the States - Attack and overthrow of ...
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Página 486 - I am no prophet, nor the son of a prophet ; yet I will venture the prediction to you, my lords the States-General, that you will bitterly rue it that you did not embrace the peace thus presented, and which you might have had. The blood which is destined to flow, now that you have scorned our plan of reconciliation, will be not on our heads but your own.
Página 439 - Spaniards, "that you wish to have more than other powers — kings or republics — who never make any such pretensions. The Indies, East and West, are our house, privately possessed by us for more than a hundred years, and no one has a right to come into it .without our permission. This is not banishment, but a custom to which all other nations submit. We give you your sovereignty before all the world, quitting all claims upon it. We know very...
Página 32 - Archduke in front, almost within cannon range, he simply observed that they had no choice between victory or death. They must either utterly overthrow the Spanish army, he said, or drink all the waters of the sea. Either drowning or butchery was their doom if they were conquered, for no quarter was to be expected from their insolent foe.
Página 54 - There was no loss worth speaking of," he says, " except that of the English, 600 of whom were killed. I should not venture to attribute," he observes, "the whole honour of the victory to the poor English troop of 1600 men, but I leave the judgment thereof to those who can decide with less suspicion of partiality. I will merely affirm that the English left nothing to do for the rest of the army but to follow the chase, and that one...
Página 298 - The charter was for thirty-six years. The company was to maintain armies and fleets, to build forts and cities, to carry on war, to make treaties of peace and of commerce. It was a small peripatetic republic of merchants and mariners, evolved out of the mother republic...
Página 323 - ... enemy's ships are far superior to ours in bulk ; but remember that their excessive size makes them difficult to handle and easier to hit, while our own vessels are entirely within control. Their decks are swarming with men, and thus there will be more certainty that our shot will take effect.