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... force , may be necessary for the better understanding of what is to follow ; and I shall give it , condensed from Captain Blunt's own recollections , as briefly as possible . In September , 1833 , Ferdinand , the King of Spain , died ...
... force , may be necessary for the better understanding of what is to follow ; and I shall give it , condensed from Captain Blunt's own recollections , as briefly as possible . In September , 1833 , Ferdinand , the King of Spain , died ...
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... force , as a whole , were possessed of true British pluck sufficient to drive the * The Foreign Enlistment Act prohibited their receiving any training whatever on British soil . Carlists from Bilboa , to relieve San Sebastian ( at The ...
... force , as a whole , were possessed of true British pluck sufficient to drive the * The Foreign Enlistment Act prohibited their receiving any training whatever on British soil . Carlists from Bilboa , to relieve San Sebastian ( at The ...
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... force . " " But how can you possibly know this ? " " Do you doubt me ? Know it ? Bah ! you are a foreigner or you would not doubt the word , or the gratitude , of a Basque woman . My son attends on the Carlist General Segastibelsa , and ...
... force . " " But how can you possibly know this ? " " Do you doubt me ? Know it ? Bah ! you are a foreigner or you would not doubt the word , or the gratitude , of a Basque woman . My son attends on the Carlist General Segastibelsa , and ...
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... force in San Sebastian were to parade for an attack on the Carlist lines above Ayetta . " It's a sudden freak of the old man's " ( he meant the General by that epithet ) , " and I don't understand it . It's pouring rain , has been so ...
... force in San Sebastian were to parade for an attack on the Carlist lines above Ayetta . " It's a sudden freak of the old man's " ( he meant the General by that epithet ) , " and I don't understand it . It's pouring rain , has been so ...
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... force that started , under the command of De THE Lacy Evans , to the attack on the Ayetta lines , might be computed at 6,000 all told ; and of that number about 4,500 were troops of the British Legion . Previous to leaving the town ...
... force that started , under the command of De THE Lacy Evans , to the attack on the Ayetta lines , might be computed at 6,000 all told ; and of that number about 4,500 were troops of the British Legion . Previous to leaving the town ...
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