The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit, Vol. 2 of 4 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: James Hardie
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365453550
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Excerpt from The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit, Vol. 2 of 4 After several conferences about a war, he put him self at the head of the army, where all the other gene rals had orders to obey him. The earl took the com mand June 2otb 1702, and discerning that the states were made uneasy by the places, which the enemy held on their frontiers, he began with attacking and reducing them. Accordingly, in this single cam paign, he made himself master of the castles of Gra venbroeck and Waerts, the towns of Venlo, Kure mond and Stevenswaert, together with the citadel of Liege. These advantages were considerable, and acknowledged as such by the states; but they had like to have been of very short date, for the army sepa rating ih the neighbourhood of Liege, Nov. 8d, the earl was taken the next day in his passage by water, by a small party from the garrison of Gueldres; but it being towards night, and the earl insisting upon an old pass given to his brother, was suffered to proceed, and arrived at the Hague, when the army were in the utmost consternation, at the accident, which had be fallen him. Upon the close of this campaign, he was created Duke of Marlborough, with a pension of dollars per annum, to devolve forever on those enjoying the title of Duke of llvlarlborough. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.