History of Prussia ..., Band 3

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Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888
 

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Seite 14 - Charles' centre there was some stubborn fighting, and heavy losses. There was a battery here also to be stormed, though its guns were few and of light calibre ; there were stout battalions, which held their ground desperately, and, as they were forced back, rallied again on every line of knolls ; there was one hill which Ferdinand of Brunswick carried only after a bloody hand-to-hand fight at the bayonet's point against a body of Austrians commanded by prince Louis of Brunswick, his own brother.1...
Seite 247 - VersmUea. held upon the step next to be taken. Two courses were open. One was to meet the French challenge by proving that Frederic was preparing to betray his old ally, as the first overtures had asserted. The other was to abandon that charge, and to announce the readiness of Austria to unite with Spain and other powers for the support of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle against any state that should 1 Polit. Corresp., xi.
Seite 152 - Déjà l'Apollon de la France S'achemine à sa décadence : Venez briller à votre tour; Élevez-vous s'il brille encore ; Ainsi le couchant d'un beau jour Promet une plus belle aurore.

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