Autobiography of a French Protestant (J. Marteilhe) tr. from the French1757 |
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... garrison town on the Meuse , which at that time was the frontier of the Spanish Netherlands , and on the borders of the formidable forest of Ardennes . This friend informed us that the only danger we should have to guard against was on ...
... garrison town on the Meuse , which at that time was the frontier of the Spanish Netherlands , and on the borders of the formidable forest of Ardennes . This friend informed us that the only danger we should have to guard against was on ...
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... garrison , which is within gunshot of Mezières . We breakfasted here quickly , and then left it to enter the forest of Ardennes . It had frozen during the night , and the forest appeared terrible to us ; the trees were covered with hoar ...
... garrison , which is within gunshot of Mezières . We breakfasted here quickly , and then left it to enter the forest of Ardennes . It had frozen during the night , and the forest appeared terrible to us ; the trees were covered with hoar ...
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... be in safety , it being a town of the Spanish Netherlands with a Dutch garrison . The minister did not fail at once to despatch a * courier to Quievrain , between Valenciennes and Mons . 32 Autobiography of a French Protestant.
... be in safety , it being a town of the Spanish Netherlands with a Dutch garrison . The minister did not fail at once to despatch a * courier to Quievrain , between Valenciennes and Mons . 32 Autobiography of a French Protestant.
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... garrison in this place , the minister ordered the mayor to have this bridge guarded by peasants , with orders that when two officers and their valet , who said they belonged to the regiment of La Marche , and were going to join their ...
... garrison in this place , the minister ordered the mayor to have this bridge guarded by peasants , with orders that when two officers and their valet , who said they belonged to the regiment of La Marche , and were going to join their ...
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... garrison ) , and that if this governor thought it right to have us brought to that town we would yield , otherwise we would rather be cut to pieces , or die of hunger , than sur- render . The mayor reflecting that as we were in the ...
... garrison ) , and that if this governor thought it right to have us brought to that town we would yield , otherwise we would rather be cut to pieces , or die of hunger , than sur- render . The mayor reflecting that as we were in the ...
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