 Venetia ; but it was impossible to pursue these advantages when the capital itself was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy. The invading armies halted, and ere long the Archduke John commenced his retreat into the mountains. In Northern...  A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 - Página 275por Charles Alan Fyffe - 1896 - 1088 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1808 - 646 páginas
...Scylla. At the time of the accident fhe was in the act of defending five Sicilian gun-boats, .which were on the point of falling into the hands of the Enemy. The Delight, when a-ground, was fired on from the more, and mod of her crew killed, when. fhe was taken... | |
 | Charles Talbot Duke of Shrewsbury - 1821 - 706 páginas
...quarter, to protect the coasts of Spain, and particularly to assist in the defence of Barcelona, which was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy. The cautious conduct and guarded advice of the cabinet council, * See Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough,... | |
 | Charles Talbot (duke of Shrewsbury.) - 1821 - 696 páginas
...quarter, to protect the coasts o£ Spain, and particularly to assist in the defence of Barcelona, which was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy. The cautious conduct and guarded advice of the cabinet council, * See Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 894 páginas
...the Imperialists, in the first instance, obtained considerable advantages, and that important post was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy, when Bernadette came up with the Saxons, nearly thirty thousand strong. The combat was no longer equal,... | |
 | True stories - 1844 - 228 páginas
...papal chair, was crowned by him at Rome. Gregory, who had taken refuge in the castle of St. Angelo, was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy, when he was delivered from his imminent peril by Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, who... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1847 - 418 páginas
...Imperialists in the first instance obtained May 17. considerable advantages ; and that important post was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy, when Bernadotte came up with the Saxons, nearly thirty thousand strong. The combat was no longer equal... | |
 | 1851 - 322 páginas
...will, married Estrid, the sister of Cnut the Great. It was this Ulf who aided King Cnut, when his fleet was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy at the isle of Helge. Yet, notwithstanding this aid, Ulf could never gain the king's friendship, and... | |
 | 1852 - 444 páginas
...towaitU the centre of Austria. The imperial cabinet had no more troops prepared, and their capital was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy. It was therefore obliged to yield to necessity, and to conclude the truce of Leoben (17th April, 1797).... | |
 | Mary Anne Everett Green - 1857 - 656 páginas
...in death, the unfortunate prince was made the victim of mutable fortune. In 1635, when Frankenthal was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy, the brother of Frederic appealed to the queen to know what was to be done with his body. She suggested... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1870 - 368 páginas
...force, the Imperialists in the first instance obtained considerable advantages ; and that important post was on the point of falling into the hands of the enemy, when Bernadotte came up with the Saxons, nearly thirty thousand strong. The combat was no longer equal... | |
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