The evils arising from religious persecution sectarian hatred ill government and oppression were never more strongly illustrated than by the fact that for a century Ireland which has since that time furnished us with a large proportion of our best soldiers should have been among our bitterest and most formidable foes and her sons fought in the ranks of our greatest continental enemy.
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 | Portalegre - Page 315The news had come that the allied army was in motion, and would probably concentrate near Portalegre. This seemed to.more pages: 250 294 297 |
| Lille - Page 222had completely fallen, and then to make their way as best they could to the plateau; if that was impossible, to march for either Ghent or Lille. ...more pages: 207 209 214 232 241 244 |
| Harwich - Page 157probably be allowed greater freedom in moving about the prison than we are ; but I was sure that we should see no more of him after we left Harwich. ...more pages: 154 156 162 171 174 302 |
More | Madrid - Page 306it was known that couriers were constantly passing to and fro between Madrid and Versailles with private communications between Louis and Philip, ...more pages: 256 278 293 333 340 341 |
| Saragossa - Page 333Philip rode at once to Madrid, and on the evening of the battle the archduke entered Saragossa, while de Bay retired with the broken remains of his ...more pages: 331 332 335 |
| Dunkirk - Page 208that the landing should be made in Ireland, Scotland, or on the English coast, while by gathering at Dunkirk no doubt was left as to the destination. ...more pages: 144 145 146 147 148 153 |
| Amiens - Page 240he will tell you that I am very different now from what I was when he found me at Amiens, for I had begun to think that I should never get away alive. ...more pages: 233 234 241 242 |
| Elvas - Page 327Galway and Frontiera had by this time reorganized their forces and occupied so strong a position near Elvas that he could not venture to attack them. ...more pages: 294 298 |
| Dublin - Page 361As for myself, if the whisky is good it makes no differ to me whether they call it Cork or Dublin, or whether it is made up in the mountains and has ...more pages: 5 348 370 378 383 |
| Toulon - Page 348I have no doubt that I shall be able to find some fishermen at Toulon who will undertake to land me somewhere near Genoa, where I shall be able to ...more pages: 362 |
| Barcelona - Page 336The balance of probability lies to some extent with the French, for the day after the battle, Staremberg retired and marched to Barcelona; ...more pages: 42 328 335 |
| Moutier - Page 116Pierre le Moutier. I must look at a map and see the road that he is likely to follow, but it is probable that he will make by country tracks till he ... |
| Paris - Page 14The colonel and two of his officers attend at the king's levees when he is in Paris, but as he spends the greater portion of his time at Versailles we ...more pages: 87 107 169 176 211 315 |
| Genoa - Page 348I have no doubt that I shall be able to find some fishermen at Toulon who will undertake to land me somewhere near Genoa, where I shall be able to ...more pages: 362 |
| Valencia - Page 249Catalonia and Valencia had been the scene of the greater portion of the conflicts between the rival claimants. Throughout the rest of the country the ...more pages: 42 43 204 250 328 334 |
| London - Page 176The king would doubtless have been before now informed by his agents in London of the determination of the English Government to bring all the ...more pages: 141 169 173 191 310 365 |
| Ostend - Page 232His dispositions were made with extreme care, and a tremendous convoy of heavy artillery, ammunition, and provisions was brought up from Ostend ...more pages: 311 |
| Lisbon - Page 309From all I hear from our agents in Lisbon," he said, " the enemy's forces will be superior to our own in numbers, hut the main portion are Portuguese, ...more pages: 42 250 294 299 |
| Peterborough - Page 204There the balance of feeling is certainly in favour of the Austrian, but this is principally because they are afraid of Peterborough, whom they regard ...more pages: 42 15 |
| Tripoli - Page 21The hero of the story becomes a midshipman in the navy just at the time of the war with Tripoli. His own wild adventures among the Turks and his love ...more pages: 7 |
| Brest - Page 208To begin with, twenty thousand men should have been sent instead of six thousand ; and in the next place, the fleet should have assembled at Brest or ... |
| Marl - Page 15This is largely due to the fact that they were overshadowed by the glory and successes of Marl borough. His career as General extended over little ... |
| Drogheda - Page 19They take part in the defense of Drogheda, only escaping from the slaughter there by a miracle, and afterwards go through a series of thrilling ... |
| Poitiers - Page 13Cressy and Poitiers ; the destruction of the Spanish fleet ; the plague of the Black Death; the Jacquerie rising; theie are treated by theantborin ... |
| Gibraltar - Page 13The hero of the tale, an Englifh lad resident in Gibraltar, takes a brave and worthy part in the long defence, and it is through his varied ...more pages: 42 |
| Colchester - Page 173I avoided the main road till I got to Colchester, and after that walked boldly on, having money to pay for victuals. ... |
| Tiberias - Page 11The troubles in the district of Tiberias, the march of the legions, the sieges of Jotapata, of Gamala, and of Jerusalem, form the impressive setting ... |
| Edinburgh - Page 208as we had hoped, only to find that we had left, it sailed straight for the north, making absolutely certain that we were bound for Edinburgh. ... |
| Cairo - Page 387The hero, having saved the life of the son of an Arab chief, is taken into the tribe, has a part in the battle of the Pyramids and the revolt at Cairo ... |
| Galway - Page 327Two days after the fight the Marquis de Bay moved forward with his army with the intention of fighting another battle, but Galway and Frontiera had by ...more pages: 43 |
| Venice - Page 10A story of Venice at a period when her strength and splendor were put to the severest tests. The hero displays a fine sense and manliness which carry ... |
| Rome - Page 7Ultimately Beric is defeated and carried captive to Rome, where be is trained in the exercise of arms in a school of gladiators. ... |
| Jerusalem - Page 11The troubles in the district of Tiberias, the march of the legions, the sieges of Jotapata, of Gamala, and of Jerusalem, form the impressive setting ... |
| Portsmouth - Page 42In June the Earl of Peterborough sailed from Portsmouth with five thousand men, and at Lisbon took on board the Archduke Charles. ...more pages: 311 |
| Southampton - Page 180I could not tell him which port you would go to, but he said from there he could go to Dover, or turn off so as to make for Southampton or Weymouth. ... |
| Dover - Page 180I could not tell him which port you would go to, but he said from there he could go to Dover, or turn off so as to make for Southampton or Weymouth. ... |
| Alcala - Page 334The main portion of the army halted at Alcala, a day's march from the capital, and General Stanhope marched on with his division to Madrid, ... |
| Santa Maria - Page 32and having occupied the church of Santa Maria and a bastion near the gate of All Saints, ordered the Irish to leave a hundred men at the barricades, ... |
| Salamanca - Page 334Marching with all speed, he encamped near Salamanca on the 6th of October, and thence moved to Plasencia, thereby securing. |
| Luxembourg - Page 362If we can get through Luxembourg into France we will do so, but I think it will perhaps be best to go on through Switzerland, and pass the frontier ... |
| Hanover - Page 207to take the offensive, as the French armies were considerably stronger than his own, and he had not yet been joined by the troops from Hanover. ... |
| Brussels - Page 215instead of attacking the French by the road from Brussels, to sweep round across the Scheldt at Oudenarde and by other bridges across the river, ... |
| Vienna - Page 207He had then gone to Vienna to bring up reinforcements, and until these arrived Marlborough hardly felt in a position to take the offensive, ... |
| Moscow - Page 390THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS A Story of Napoleon's Eetreat from Moscow. With 8 full- page Illustrations by WH OVEBEND, and 3 Maps. Crown 8vo, olivine edges, ... |
| Ulundi - Page 19Disguised as a Zulu, he rescues the two girls ; and after the attack upon Ulundi, he hears from a dying officer a confession of the theft of which he ... |
| Johannesburg - Page 386The breaking out of the Boer War compelled Chris King, the hero of the etory, to flee with his mother from Johannesburg to the sea coast. ... |
| Calcutta - Page 14The hero, after being wrecked and going through many stirring adventures among the Malaya, finds his way to Calcutta and enlists in a regiment ... |
| Vicosa - Page 250The line of the enemy's advance would be either direct from Lisbon through Vicosa, or up the Tagus, which offers them great facilities for carriage, ... |
| Quebec - Page 8_The fall of Quebec decided that the Anglo-Saxon race should predominate in the New World; and that English and American commerce, ... |
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