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Good news for old England. A full, true, and particular account of the defeat of the Dutch fleet! which took place on Wednesday, October 11th, 1797, off the coast of Holland, near Camperdown and Egmont, by the British fleet, under the gallant Admiral Duncan, when nine ships of the line, and two frigates, were the fruits of this glorious victory! also, a correct list of the number of officers, seamen, and marines, killed and wounded on board the British fleet. To which is added, a list of the Dutch ships taken.
Date: 1797]- Pictures
Napoleon III being tried by skeleton lawyers for the deaths of French soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1871.
Gill, André, 1840-1885.Date: 5 Novembre 1871Reference: 657955i- Books
Monkey girl : evolution, education, religion, and the battle for America's soul / Edward Humes.
Humes, Edward.Date: [2007], ©2007- Books
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Hollandi posthuma : A funerall elegie of King Iames: With a congratulatory salve to King Charles. An elegie of the magnanimous Henry Earle of Oxford. A description of the late great, fearefull and prodigious plague: and divers other patheticall poemes, elegies, and other lines, on divers subiectes. The post-humes of Abraham Holland, sometimes of Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge. The authors epitaph, made by himselfe.
Holland, Abraham, -1626Date: 1626- Archives and manuscripts
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Prints and negatives relating to period from First Battle of Ypres to the following summer, Northern France
Date: October 1914-June 1915Reference: AML/2Part of: Martin Leake, Arthur- Archives and manuscripts
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Prints and negatives relating to the First Battle of Ypres, near Zonnebeke, with 5 Field Ambulance
Date: October 1914-April 1915Reference: AML/3Part of: Martin Leake, Arthur- Books
Medic! : how I fought World War II with morphine, sulfa, and iodine swabs / Robert J. Franklin ; with a foreword by Flint Whitlock.
Franklin, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1917-Date: [2006], ©2006- Books
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When I left my good home.
Thomas, James R., active 1862-1880.Date: [1862?]- Books
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The life and glorious history of John D. and E. of Marlborough. Prince of the empire, captain general of the confederate forces, &c. Containing a relation of the most important battles, sieges, and negotiations manag'd under his auspicious conduct, both in the wars of Flanders and Ireland; with a full and particular account of the ever memorable battles of Hockstet and Schellenberg in Germany. As also his March to the Moselle in 1705. His return to the Netherlands, and forcing the French lines near Tirlemont; with other remarkable passages from his first advancement in the court of King Charles The II. to this present time.
Hare, Francis, 1671-1740.Date: 1705- Pictures
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A woman camp-follower shields a wounded soldier on a battle field from the reprimands of his senior officer. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1824.
Bellangé, H. (Hippolyte), 1800-1866Date: [1824]Reference: 32049i- Books
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Genealogy of Hay of Paris, in Perthshire. The Hays, anciently designed Lords of Park and Luchloy, in the Shire of Murray, have always been acknowledged, by the family of Errol, as the first cadet of that illustrious house, being, according to the tradition, the line of achaius, the youngest of the two sons who fought with their father against the Danes, and saved the kingdom, at the ever-memorable Battle of Loncarty, about the year of our Lord 980.
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The death of General Montgomery, at the siege of Quebec. A tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece on the battle of Bunker's-Hill. To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. [Two lines from Pitt's Virgil]
Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816.Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]- Pictures
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Crimean War: a soldier collapses during a roll-call in snowy weather. Mezzotint by W.T. Hulland, 1882, after E. Thompson, 1874.
Butler, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Southerden Thompson), 1846-1933.Date: 1 November 1882Reference: 42674i- Books
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The death of General Montgomery, in storming the city of Quebec. A tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece, on the battle of Bunker's-Hill. To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters, by different gentlemen. [Two lines from Pitt's Virgil]
Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816.Date: 1777- Pictures
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Two girls crying over a dead lamb. Etching with line engraving by T. Brown after H. Campotosto.
Campotosto, Henry, -1910.Date: [1872]Reference: 42300i- Books
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A sermon on the accursed thing that hinders success and victory in war, occasioned by the defeat of the Hon. Edward Braddock, Esq; general of all the English forces in North-America, who was mortally wounded in an engagement with the French and Indians, near Fort Duquesne, and died of his wounds the third day after the battle; which was fought July 9. 1755. Published at the request of the hearers. By William Vinal, A.M. Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Rhode-Island. [Four lines of Scripture texts]
Vinal, William, 1718-1781.Date: 1755- Books
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England's triumph; or the glorious campaign in the year 1704. Containing An exact Account of all the memorable Transactions that have happened by Land and Sea; as Sieges, Battles, Sea-Fights, Skirmishes, Marches, and Counter-Marches of Armies, Successes, and Victories, in Flanders, the Empire, Savoy, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and other places. With the Letters and Declarations of the Emperor, Kings, Princes and great Generals. The Result of Councils of War and other Councils. More particularly of the forcing the Lines of the Enemy at Donawert, and the glorious Victory obtained by his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, in Conjunction with the Confederate Forces, over the French and Savarians, at the famous Battle of Hochstet and Bleinheim. The Siege of Landau and Traarback. The Taking Gibraltar, and the Defeat of the French Fleet by Sr. George Rook, &c. With a Poem on his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.
Date: 1704- Books
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The trials at large, taken at the Court-Martial, held upon Henry Page, Charles Davids, William Griffiths, and Cornelius Smelt, Lieutenants on board the Dorsetshire, commanded by Captain George Burrish. Also upon Capt. George Burrish, on board the London, from the 24th of September, to the 9th of October, 1745. Being an enquiry into the conduct of the said gentleman in the late engagement in the mediterranean on the 11th of February 1743, under the the command of Adml. Mathews. To which is prefixed, the English, Spanish, and French lines of battle, with a * to the officers that are to be try'd.
Page, Henry.Date: 1745- Books
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The history of the present rebellion in Scotland. From the departure of the Pretender's son from Rome, down to the present time. In which is a full account of the conduct of this young invader, from his first arrival in Scotland; with the several progresses he made there and likewise a very particular relation of the Battle of Preston, with an exact list of the slain, wounded, and prisoners, on both sides. Taken from the relation of Mr. James Macpherson, who was an eye-witness of the whole, and who took the first opportunity of leaving the rebels, into whose service he was forced, and in which he had a captain's commission. [Two lines in Latin from Ovid]
Date: 1746- Books
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A brief discourse concerning futurities or things to come, viz. The next, of second coming of Christ. Of the thousand years of Chrrst's [sic] kingdom. Of the first resurrection. Of the new heavens and new earth; and of the burning of the old. Of the New Jerusalem. Of Gog and Magog. Of the calling of the Jews. Of the pouring out of the spirit on all flesh. Of the greatest battle that ever was, or shall be fought in the world. And many other things coincident with these things. Together with some useful consideration upon the whole discourse. Written by (Mr. William Torrey,) a very old man, in continual expectation of his translation into another life and world. With a preface by the Reverend Mr. Prince. [Five lines of quotations]
Torrey, William, 1608-1690.Date: 1757- Books
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The new art of war. Containing I. The duties of officers of horse and foot. II. the Duties of a Soldier in general, from a private Sentinel to a Commander in Chief. III. The practice of war by all great generals; As the Order of Marching, Counter-Marching, and Incamping, with proper Distances, as Intervals and Streets, for Horse and Foot; the Plan or Method of drawing up an Army in Line of Battle; of Attacking and Defending Lines of Circumvallation; of pasting Rivers over Bridges of Pontons, and Entrenching an Army on the other Side; the Manner of Besieging and Defending fortified Places; the Method of Surprising Garrisons and Armies, and of Beating up Quarters. To which are added (never published before,) IV. The manner of drawing up a regiment, and Posting Officers, with Orders to be observ'd in Camps and Garrisons. V. The Exercise of the Foot, with the Number of Motions to be performed at each Word of Command, and an Explanation of them. VI. The Method of Forming and Reducing the Hollow Square. Vii. The Exercise of the Horse and Dragoons as now practised. Viii. The Rules and Orders of his late Majesty King William, when Prince of Orange, to be observed by all Guards and Garrisons. IX. Lastly, an abridgement of the articles of war now in Force. The whole illustrated with several Copper Cuts.
Date: M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]- Books
A storm of witchcraft : the Salem trials and the American experience / Emerson W. Baker.
Baker, Emerson W.Date: [2015]- Pictures
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The shrunken head of a Huambisa person of Peru. Photograph, 1899.
Date: [1899?]Reference: 664004i- Books
The lobotomist : a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness / Jack El-Hai.
El-Hai, Jack.Date: 2005- Pictures
Camille de Tallard, maréchal de France. Etching by P. Schenck, 170-.
Schenk, Peter, 1661-1711.Date: [between 1700 and 1709]Reference: 810659i