2,898 results
- Books
- Online
An account of the late insurrection in Ireland; in which is laid open, the secret correspondence between the United Irish and the French government, through Lord E. Fitzgerald, Mr. A. O'Connor, J. Quigley, and others. Together with a short History of the principal Battles between the King's Forces and the Insurgents; with Observations on the Confessions of the Chiefs, and on their Connection with certain Societies in Great Britain. Read and then judge. This account is chiefly taken from the reports of the secret committees of the Irish Parliament, and other authentic Papers.
Date: [1799]- Books
- Online
The naval and military history of the wars of England; including, the wars of Scotland and Ireland. In Which IS Given, An accurate and lively Description of the Sieges, Battles, Bombardments, Sea Engagements, Expeditions, and extensive Conquests of the British Arms, in all Quarters of the Globe. With A Variety Of Interesting and extraordinary Anecdotes of Military Skill and Intrepidity, heroic Adventures, brilliant Exploits, martial Atchievements, and memorable Actions of the British Warriors. Calculated To inspire the Rising Generation with Magnanimity and Virtue, and to Impress on their Minds the generous Ardour and Noble Emulation of their Ancestors. None But The Brave Deserve The Fair. ... . Ornamented With Elegant Copper-Plates.
Mante, Thomas, active 1772.Date: [1795-1807]- Books
- Online
The glorious life, and heroick actions of the most potent prince William III. of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, &c. Containing an impartial account of the most remarkable transactions in war and peace, both Abroad and at Home. Being a Compleat History of all the Campaigns, Battles, Sieges and Skirmishes, both in Ireland and Flanders: With the most Memorable Sea-Fights and Victories Obtained over the French. Also, A True Account of all the Horrid Plots and Conspiraties, that have been Contrived and Carried on against His Majesty's Royal Person. from the Time of his Auspicious Birth, till the deplorable Time of his Ever to be Lamented Death, on March the Eighth, 1702.
Date: 1702- Books
- Online
The history of the present rebellion: collected from authentick memoirs, letters, and intelligences, as well private as publick: being a genuine and impartial account Of all the Battles, Sieges, Enterprizes and Exploits, that have been fought, undertaken, or executed during the Progress of this Unnatural Rebellion; the Oppressions and Cruelties of the Rebels: With A particular Description of the several Actions at Preston-Pans, Cliefton and Falkirk; the Sieges and Defence of the Castles of Edinburgh and Stirling; the Surrender of Carlisle to the Rebels, and the Retaking it by his Majesty's Forces, under the Command of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. Likewise A succinct Relation of what has happened at Sea, relative to this Rebellion: With many other Incidents never yet made publick. By John Marchant, Gent. Author of the Exposition on the Old and New Testament, Published by His Majesty's Authority.
Marchant, John, active 18th century.Date: 1746- Books
- Online
Flanders delineated: or, a view of the Austrian and French Netherlands. Containing A brief Description of all the strong Towns, Forts, Castles, &c. in those Provinces, with an Account of the remarkable Sieges they have sustain'd, and the Battles that have been fought in their Neighbourhood. To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a summary of the history of the low countries in general. By an officer of the allied army now in Flanders. And at the end is added, by another hand, a concise account of Bavaria, Bohemiæ, Moravia, and Austria; as also of Piedmont, and other Parts of Italy; Introduc'd by a short History of the Pragmatic Sanction, which has given Rise to the War in Germany. The Whole being a compleat Survey of the Seat of the present War in Europe, and of great Use to all who are willing to have a clear Idea of the Operations of the several Armies. Illustrated with maps of the several Countries treated of, a plan of a Fortified Town, and a View of the Instruments used in Fortification and Gunnery. Together with a Military Dictionary. Dedicated to Field Marshal Wade.
Date: 1745- Books
- Online
Flanders delineated: or, a view of the Austrian and French Netherlands. Containing A brief Description of all the strong Towns, Forts, Castles, &c. in those Provinces, with an Account of the remarkable Sieges they have sustain'd, and the Battles that have been fought in their Neighbourhood. To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a summary of the history of the low countries in general. By an officer of the allied army now in Flanders. And at the end is added, by another hand, a concise account of Bavaria, Bohemiae, Moravia, and Austria; as also of Piedmont, and other Parts of Italy; Introduc'd by a short History of the Pragmatic Sanction, which has given Rise to the War in Germany. The Whole being a compleat Survey of the Seat of the present War in Europe, and of great Use to all who are willing to have a clear Idea of the Operations of the several Armies. Illustrated with maps of the several Countries treated of, a Plan of a Fortified Town, and a View of the Instruments used in Fortification and Gunnery. Together with a Military Dictionary. Dedicated to Field Marshal Wade.
Date: 1745- Books
- Online
The history of the giants. Containing their barbarous treatment of kings, queens, princesses, Ladies, Knights, 'squires, &c. whom they made their Prisoners. An Account of their Castles and inchanted Castles, built by Necro nancers; and of other Castles, which were guarded by them and several wild Monsters. Their Combats and Battles, and how they were slain by Christian Knights; a Description of them, their Deaths, and how these Knights delivered several Kings, Queens, Ladies, &c. from Captivity. With A particular Account of the great Giants, Brandamour and Siradon, who were overcome by Sir Morris, General of King Rimuer's Army. How Sir Thomas Killed the Giant Surandrag, and cut off the Head of the Giant Bombomachides, the Brother of Surandrag. How the Giant Trapsaca, having killed all the Servants of the Princess of Hungary was overcome by Sir Firebrrse, who also killed the Giant and Sorcerer Aldrovandi, who changed himself into a wild Boar, and afterwards into a frightful Dragon, &c. The comical Adventures of valiant John, who, by his Stratagems, killed several Giants. How the Giant Norfandal and his Brother were killed by the Knight of the Red Cross, &c. Lastly, how Sir Alan killed the Giant Danagelfe, who kept his father and Mother in Prison; and afterwards married the Queen of the Unknown Island, with a Relation of a strange Delusion, with which she entertained Knights and Ladies at her Court.
Date: [1800?]- Books
- Online
Librorum in omnibus ferè artibus & scientiis insignium, atque à celeberrimis plerumque typographis excusorum, catalogus. = A catalogue of curious, scarce and valuable books in all arts and sciences. Several of them printed by the most eminent printers. Among which are, Folio. The Battles of Alexander. The Count Marsilli's History of the Danube, 6 vol. Vitruvius Britannicus, 3 vol. Large Paper. Dart's Antiquities of Westminster, 2 vol. Large Paper. Bidloo's Anatomy. Montfaucon's Antiquities, 10 vol. 1st Edition. Voyages de le Brun, 2 vol. Columna Antoniniana. Colonna Trajana de Bartoli. Traites de Paix, 4 vol. Corps Universelle Diplomatique, 16 vol. Dictionaire de Richelet, 3 vol. - de Morery, 6 vol. - de Bayle, 4 vol. - de L'academie, 2 vol. - de Furetiere, 4 vol. Hudson's Josephus, 2 vol. Oeuvres de Bayle, 4 vol. Etat de la France, 3 vol. Large and Small Paper. Folio. Anstis's Order of the Garter, 2 v. Whitlock's Memorials. Breval's Travels, 2 vol. Raleigh's Hist. of the World, best. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Burnet's Reformation, 3 vol. State Tracts, 3 vol. Tillotson's Works, 3 vol. Temple's Works, 2 vol. Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, 3 vol. Winwood's Memorials, 3 vol. Bayle's Dictionary, Eng. 4 vol. Corpus Byzantinae Hist. 11 vol. Hudson's Thucydides, 2 vol. Large Paper. Corpus Poetarum, 2 vol. Large Paper. Seldeni Opera, 6 vol. Italia Sacra. 10 vol. Antiche Syracuse, 2 vol. Caperonerius's Quintilian, Large Paper. Harris's Lexicon, 2 vol. Hall's Chronicle compleat. With several Hundreds more, all curiously Bound, the most part Gilt and Letter'd. Which will begin to be sold very cheap, the lowest price fixed in each book, on Tuesday, June 6th, 1732. beginning at Eight in the Morning, by J. Brindley, at the King's-Arms, in New Bond-Street. Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale, and at Mr. Woodman's, Bookseller in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden.
Brindley, John, -1758.Date: 1732]- Books
- Online
An impartial history of the war, from the commencement of the Revolution in France. Containing an Accurate Description of the Sea Engagements, Sieges, Battles, Expeditions and Conquests, of The various Contending powers. Including an Account of the General Mutiny among the Seamen, at Spithead and the Nore. Together with a particular narrative of the rise, progress, and various events accompanying the Rebellion in Ireland.
Date: 1799- Books
- Online
The history of the remarkable life of the brave and renowned Charles XII. King of Sweden. Giving an Account of His many Sieges, and Battles with the Kings of Denmark and Poland, and the Czar of Muscovy. His Defeat by the Czar at Pultowa. His Flight into Turkey, and his Behaviour at Bender. With the Manner of his Death at the Siege of Frederickshall in Norway.
Date: [1760?]- Books
- Online
The life and actions of Frederic III. King of Prussia, &c. Containing the origin of the House of Brandenburg, with an epitome of the lives of all the Electors of that family. Embellished With a Frontispiece of his present Majesty; a Map of Germany, and the Seat of War in the Empire; Plans of the Siege of Prague, and the Battles of Rosbach and Crevelt.
Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
- Online
Memoirs of the Most Christian-Brute; or, the history of the late exploits of certain great K-g. Being A Genuine Narrative of his Cruel, Inhuman Proceedings in all his Attempts against the Lives and Properties of his Neighbours. Including The most affecting Particulars relating to all the Battles and Sieges, from the Commencement of the present War, to the taking of Bergen-op zoom.
Date: 1747- Books
- Online
A defence of the courage, honour and loyalty of the Irish-Nation. In answer to the scandalous reflections in the Free-Briton, and others. With Some extraordinary Particulars relating to the Battles of the Boyne and Aghrim, and the two Sieges of Limerick, not to be met with in the Histories of those Times. Also of The Bravery of the Irish at Benburb, Cremona, Spires, Dettingen, Fontenay, &c. By Charles Forman, Esq;
Forman, Charles, active 1728.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
- Online
Geographical illustrations of Scottish history, containing the names of places mentioned in chronicles, histories, records, &c. with corrections of the corrupted names, and Explanations of the Difficult and Disputed Points, in the Historical Geography of Scotland; the Names being Alphabetically Arranged, with References to their Position in the Historical Map of Scotland, which Accompanies the Work: Together with a Compendious Chronology of the Battles to the Year 1603; Collected from the Best Authorities, Historical and Geographical, by David Macpherson.
Macpherson, David, 1746-1816.Date: 1796- Books
- Online
The history of the reign of Queen Anne, digested into annals. Year the seventh. Containing A full and exact Account of the Long and Glorious Campaign of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, and Prince Eugene, in the Netherlands, with several Particulars never before publish'd: Also the truest Plans of the Battles of Oudenarde, and Wynendale, and Siege of Lille: And a full Account of all the private Passages in the last Session of Parliament. Dedicated to Prince Eugene.
Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.Date: 1709- Books
- Online
A system of camp-discipline, military honours garrison-duty, adjutants-duty, and other regulations for the land forces. Collected by a gentleman of the army. In which are included Kane's Discipline for a battalion in action. With a Map of the Seat of War, Lines and Plans of Battles, and above Sixty Military Schemes, finely engraved from the Originals of the most eminent Generals, &c. To which is added General Kane's Campaigns of King William and the Duke of Marlborough, Improved from the late Earl of Crauford's and Colonel Dunbar's Copies, taken from Gen. Kane's own Writing. With His Remarks on the several Stratagems by which every Battle was won or lost, from 1689 to 1712. The second edition. Continued from the Restoration, where our Standing Army commences, in a Series of Historical and Cronological Facts of the Military and Naval Transactions of Great Britain; being a concise History (to supply the Scenes of Action in which the General was not engaged) to 1760. By an impartial hand.
Impartial hand.Date: [1760]- Books
- Online
A journey through the Austrian Netherlands. Containing the modern history and description of all the provinces, towns, castles, palaces, &c. of that Fruitful, Populous Country, so long the Scene of Wars and dreadful Ravages, till it was by the Treaty of Utrecht yielded to the Emperor of Germany. With An Account of all the remarkable Battles and Sieges; taken from the most authentick Narratives. To which is prefixed, an introduction, containing the ancient history of the whole Seventeen Provinces. By the author of the Journey through England and Scotland.
Macky, John, -1726.Date: 1732- Books
- Online
The chronologist of the present war. Containing a faithful series of the events which have occurred in Europe, from the commencement of the year 1792, to the end of the year 1795. Amidst a Variety of interesting Articles will be found the following: Acts (principal of Parliament) Addresses Battles Declarations Denunciations Executions (remarkable). Finance Gifts (patriotic) Inventions Motions (remarkable in Parliament). Manifestoes Naval Engagements Proclamations Promotions (principal) Reports (of Parliament, Convention, &c.) Subsidies Sieges Supplies Treaties (offensive, defensive, and subsidiary; &c. &c.) Chronology, one of the Eyes of History.
Date: 1796- Books
- Online
The life and military history of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, prince of the Roman Empire, and generalissimo of the British forces, in the late reign of Her Majesty Queen Anne. Containing, A particular Description of all the principal Transactions of the War, and of all the Battles, Sieges, &c. in which that glorious and ever-successful General commanded. Letters of Correspondence between his Grace and the Court of Hanover; also Letters that passed between his Grace and other Great Men, which the Duke left among other Papers, designed to be published by Mr. Glover and Mr. Mallet, who were appointed by the late Dutchess of Marlborough, in her Will, to write his Life. Likewise Letters from Emperor, the States General, King Charles III. of Spain, &c. to the Duke, with his Grace's Answers. To which will be added, the last will and testament of the Duke of Marlborough, never before published. The whole embellished and illustrated with a large variety of whole sheet copper plates, taken from the original Designs, and engraved by the best Hands; representing all the Battles, and Sieges, in which that general was concerned.
Dumont, Jean, baron de Carlscroon, 1667-1727.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
- Online
A letter to the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Chitty, Knt. Lord Mayor of London: shewing the true causes and reasons why so small a number of men has accepted of the great and extraordinary encouragements of the late Guild-Hall subscription, and pointing out a certain and most effectual Method whereby our Government may, at all times, procure a sufficient Number of Men to fight our Battles, both by Sea and Land, without any compulsive Methods, or Advance-Money; and without distressing our Manufactures, or at all hindering the Cultivation of our Lands. By an English merchant of London.
English Merchant of London.Date: M.DCCLX. [1760]- Books
- Online
The history of the life and reign of William-Henry, Prince of Nassau and Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c. In which the affairs of Ireland are more particularly handled, than in any other History. With an appendix, containing Copies of some Original Papers not hitherto published. Illustrated With Plans of Sieges and Battles in Ireland, and Medals struck upon the most Memorable Occurrences of his Life. As also, two dissertations. I. On the government of Holland. II. A brief history of the illustrious House of Orange. By Walter Harris Esq;
Harris, Walter, 1686-1761.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
- Online
The famous and pleasant history of Parismus, the valiant and renowned Prince of Bohemia. In three parts. Part I. Containing his Triumphant Battles fought against the Persians, his Love to the Beautiful Laurana, the great Dangers he passed in the Island of Rocks, and his strange Adventures in the Desolate Island. Part II. Containing the Adventurous Travels, and Noble Chivalry of Parismenos, the Knight of Fame, with his Love to the fair Princess Angelica, the Lady of the Golden Tower. Part III. Containing the Admirable Adventures and truly Heroick Archievements of Parismenides, Knight of the Golden Star with his Love to the Fair Astrea, Princess of Austracia, and other rare Adventures.
Ford, Emanuel.Date: 1713- Books
- Online
The famous and pleasant history of Parismus, the valiant and renowned Prince of Bohemia. In three parts. Part I. Containing his Triumphant Battles fought against the Persians, his Love to the Beautiful Laurana, the great Dangers he passed in the Island of Rocks, and his strange Adtutes in the Desolate Island. Part II. Containing the Adventurous Travels, and Noble Chivalry of Parismenos, the Knight of Fame, with his Love to the Fair Princess Angelica, the Lady of the Golden Tower. Part III. Containing the Admirable Adventures and truly Heroick Atchievements of Parismenides, Knight of the Golden Star; with his Love to the Fair Astrea, Princess of Austracia, and other rare Adventures.
Ford, Emanuel.Date: 1701- Books
- Online
The history of the troubles of Great Britain: containing a particular account of the most remarkable passages in Scotland, from the year 1633 to 1650. With an exact Relation of The Wars carried on, and the Battles fought by the Marquis of Montrose. (all which are omitted in the Earl of Clarendon's History.) Also, A full Account of all the Transactions in England during that Time. Written in French by Robert Monteth of Salmonet. To which is added, The true Causes and favourable Conjunctures Which contributed to the Restoration of King Charles II. Written in French by D. Riordan de Muscry. Translated into English by Captain James Ogilvie.
Menteith, Robert.Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]- Books
- Online
The famous and pleasant history of Parismus, the valiant and renowned Prince of Bohemia In three parts. Part I. Containing his Triumphant Battles fought against the Persians, his Love to the Beautiful Laurana, the great Dangers he passed in the Island of Rocks, and his strange Adventures in the Desolute Island. Part II. Containing the Adventurous Travels, and Noble Chivalry of Parismenos, The Knight of Faeme, with his Love to the fair Princess Angelica, the Lady of the Golden Tower. Part III. Containing the Admirable Adventures and truly Heroick Archievements of Parismonides, Knight of the Golden Star, with his Love to the Fair Astrea, Princess of Austracia, and other rare Adventures.
Ford, Emanuel.Date: 1724