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The life of John, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire; Illustrated with Maps, Plans of Battles, Sieges, and Medals, And a great Number of Original Letters and Papers Never before Published. By Thomas Lediard, Gent. ...
Lediard, Thomas, 1685-1743.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- Books
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A summary of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, and Mr Tindal's Continuation, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the End of the Reign of King George I. Illustrated With Medals, Plans of Battles, Towns, and Sieges.
Tindal, N. (Nicholas), 1687-1774.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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A description of a chart. Wherein are marked out all the different routes of Prince Edward, in Great-Britain; and the marches of his army, and the E-gl-sh. The Sieges are distinguished, and the Battles that were fought in his Enterprise.
Date: M.DCC.XLIX. [1749]- Books
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A military dictionary, explaining all difficult terms in martial discipline, fortification and gunnery. Useful For all Persons that read the Publick News, or serve in the Armies, or Militia, for the true understanding the Accounts of Sieges, Battles, and other Warlike Occurrences. By J. W. Esq;
J. W., Esq.Date: [1730?]- Books
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The life of John, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire; Illustrated with Maps, Plans of Battles, Sieges, and Medals, And a great Number of Original Letters and Papers Never before Published. The second edition. With considerable additional improvements. By Thomas Lediard, Esq; F. R. S. ...
Lediard, Thomas, 1685-1743.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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The whole life and glorious actions of Francis Eugene, Prince of Savoy, Generalissimo of the Emperor of Germany's Forces: With all his Battles, Sieges, and other Military Atchievements; from his first exploits in the siege of Vienna, to this present time. Vvritten originally in the German tongue, and now translated into English.
Date: 1707- Books
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A general history of sieges and battles, By Sea and Land. Containing, A Particular and Circumstantial Account Of the most remarkable Battles and Sieges, Bombardments and Expeditions, In different Ages and Parts of the World; And particularly, such as relate to Great Britain and her Dependencies. Including, anecdotes of the Lives, Military and Naval Transactions, of all the celebrated Admirals, Generals, Captains, &c. who have distinguished themselves in the Service of their Country. In which will be explained, The Military and Naval Terms of Art. Embellished with Plans of the Battles, and Heads of the Illustrious Persons, mentioned in the Course of the Work. Vol. I. Second Edition.
Date: 1762- Books
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Bibliotheca curiosa: or, a catalogue of very curious, scarce, and uncommon books and tracts, relating to the history and antiquities of Great-Britain and Ireland, and divers other Nations. With a large Collection of, Parliamentary Affairs, Travels, Uoyages, Trade, Coin, Husbandry, Heraldry, Battles, Sieges, Physick, Alchemy, Mathematicks, Mines, Minerals, Lives, &c. With a Collection of Manuscripts, of History, Heraldry, and Parliamentary Affairs, and a great Number of Trials, Speeches, Proclamations, and Declarations, &c. Which will be sold very Cheap, (the Lowest Price fixed in each Book) on Thursday the 30th of this instant March 1732, by L. Lawlor, Bookseller, In St. Martin's Church-Yard, near the Strand, Beginning at Eight in the Morning. Catalogues may be had at Mr. Strahan's in Cornhill; Mr. Wotton's over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street; Mr. Brindley's in New-Bond-Street; Mr. Jackson's, Pall-Mall, Booksellers; at Forest's Coffee-House against the Mews-Gate, Charing-Cross; the British Coffee-House in the Court of Requests; and at the Place of Sale.
Lawlor, L.Date: 1732]- Books
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The military guide for young officers, containing a system of the art of war; Parade, Camp, Field Duty; Manoeuvres, Standing and General Orders; Warrants, Regulations, Returns; Tables, Forms, Extracts from Military Acts; Battles, Sieges, Forts, Ports, Military Dictionary, &c. with Twenty-Five Maps and Copper Plates. By Thomas Simes, Esq. Author of the Military Medley.
Simes, Thomas, active 1757-1780.Date: 1781;- Books
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A new and complete history of England, from the first settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Cæsar, to the year 1795. Comprising an Accurate Account of the Revolutions, Conquests, Wars, Battles, Sea-Fights, Blockades, Bombardments, Sieges, Skirmishes, Fortifications, Treaties, Acquisitions, Discoveries, Settlements, Treasons, Plots, Conspiracies, Assassinations, Civil Commotions, Inundations, Earthquakes, Storms, Hurricanes, Constitution, Laws, Charters, Corporations, Privileges, Immunities, Government, Religion, Customs, Manners, Commerce, Inventions, Arts and Sciences, Learning, Antiquities, Naval & Military Transactions, &c. With Every Circumstance Worthy of Being Recorded in the British Annals; Forming a chronological detail of the Transactions of all the monarchs Have Swayed the Sceptre of Britain; Wherein their Characters are properly delineated, with equal Impartiality and Disinteresle iness; Whether exalted by their Virtues or execrated for their Vices, remarkable for their Courage or detested for their Pusiltanimity. Also, biographical anecdotes of admirals, generals, Statesmen, Patriots, Historians, Orators, &c. Whose superior Abilities have immortalized their Names, and contributed to the Honour and Dignity of their Country. The Whole carefully pruned of the Errors of preceding Historians; their Party-Prejudices, Absurdities, and fabulous Details removed for the more solid Recital of Historical Facts, confirmed by the Evidence of the most authentic Authors; containing, for the Space of near Three Thousand Years, whatever is deserving of being recorded in a Work of so much Importance as the History of Great-Britain. By Charles Alfred Ashburton, Esq.
Ashburton, Charles Alfred.Date: [1795]- Books
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A new history of the Grecian states, from their earliest period to their extinction by the Ottomans. Containing an Account of their Most Memorable Sieges and Battles; and the Character and Exploits of their Most Celebrated Heroes, Orators, and Philosophers. Embellished with copper-plate cuts. Designed for the use of young ladies and gentlemen.
Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A new history of the Grecian states, from their earliest period to their extinction by the Ottomans. Containing AN Account Of Their Most Memorable Sieges And Battles; And The Character And Exploits Of Their Most Celebrated Heroes, Orators, And Philosophers. Embellished with copper-plate cuts. Designed for the use of young ladies and gentlemen.
Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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The history of the remarkable life of the 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 Flight into Turkey, and his Behaviour at Bender. With the Manner of his Death, at Frederickshall, in Norway.
Date: [1780?]- 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 tablet of memory, or historian's guide. Wherein every remarkable occurrence in our history, such as Battles, Sieges, Conspiracies, Rebellions, Invasions, Tryals, Executions, Fires, Earthquakrs, Storms, Revolutions, Births, Marriages, Deaths. and every other memorable event that has happened in England and Ireland to the present Time are accurately recorded, with the dates affixed; together with a full and exact Chronology of the most eminent Men in all Ages. Designed for the Pocket, in Order to set People right in Conversation. By the Rev. John Trusler, D. D. To which are added the following useful Articles, List of the Chief Governors of Ireland. - Ditto of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of Dublin down to this Year. - Ditto of the Peers of Ireland, with the Stiles of their eldest Sons. - An exact Table of the Fares of Coaches, Post Chaises, and Sedan Chairs, according to the late Act of Parliament. - Table of Guineas ready cast up. - Tables of Interest. - Tables of Annuities for Lives from Sir Isaac Newton, and a compleat Market Book.
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.Date: M,DCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The metallick history of the reigns of King William III. and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, and King George I. Being a series of near four hundred medals, with the explication of devises, inscriptions and legends, on which are represented the Alliances, Battles, Sieges, Treaties of Truce or Peace, Expeditions, and all other Remarkable Events during the above mentioned Reigns.
Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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Admirable curiosities, rarities and wonders in Great Britain, and Ireland. Being an Account of many Remarkable Persons and Places; and likewise of the Battles, Sieges, Earthquakes, In undations, Thunders, Lightnings, Fires, Murders, and other considerable Occurrences, and Accidents for several hundred Years past. With the Natural and Artificial Rarities in every County, and many other observable Passages. As they are recorded by credible Historians of former and latter Ages. With pictures of divers memorable passages. By R.B.
R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.Date: 1718- Books
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A journal of the siege of San Matheo, capital of the mastership of the military order of Montesa, in the Kingdom of Valencia. Containing, An Account of the Defence of that Place, by the Governour Colonel John Jones, (present Governour of Tortosa) against the Condé de las Torres, Captain-General of the Duke of Anjou's Forces. With a Relation of the former Sieges it has sustain'd: As also a Description of that Town. In which are several Original Letters, from King Charles III. the Prince of Lichtenstein, the Condé de las Torres, the Marquis of Insterfeldt, Colonel Mahoni, and the Magistrates of St. Matheo, &c. to Colonel Jones; with his Answers. Written originally in Spanish by order of the magistracy of San Matheo, and now translated into English from the original.
Date: 1707- Books
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A description of the maritime parts of France, containing a particular account of all the fortified towns, forts, harbours, bays, and rivers, with their Tides, Currents, Soundings, Shoals, &c. Also of all Manufactures, and Articles of Commerce, and of the most remarkable Invasions, Sieges, and Sea-Fights, which have happened on or near that Coast. Illustrated with charts of the Sea-Coast, and Plans of all the Fortified Places on it. Collected from the best Authorities. Engraved by Tho. Jefferys, Geographer to his Majesty. To which are prefixed, A Glossary, and Plans of the several Parts of Fortification, on two Plates, to explain the Terms made Use of in the Work.
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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The antique description and account of the city of Exeter: in three parts. Part I. Containing the antient History, &c. of the City; together with Relations of the sundry great Assaults and Sieges it, Time after Time, sustain'd; and most especially by the conjoin'd Rebels of Devonshire and Cornwall, in 1549; the various Circumstances of which long and dreadful Siege are amply and minutely detailed. Part II. Containing a large and curious Account of the Antiquity, Foundation, and Building, of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter. To which is added a regular and orderly Catalogue, with authentic Memoirs, of all the Bishops, down to Bishop John Wolton, in 1583. then living. Part III. Contains the Offices and Duties (as of Old) of those particular Sworn Officers, &c. of the City, viz. a Freeman, the Mayor, Stewards, Receiver, Recorder, the Common Council and every of them, an Alderman, Chamberlain, Town-Clerk, the Serjeants, &c. All written purely by John Vowell, alias Hoker, Gent. Chamberlain, and Representative in Parliament, of the same.
Hooker, John, 1526?-1601.Date: M.DCC.LXV. [1765]- Books
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The history of the reign of Queen Anne, digested into annals. Year the ninth. Containing A Full, Exact, and Impartial Account of all Affairs, Civil and Military, both at Home and Abroad, during the Year 1710. Particularly the Negotiations towards a Peace at Gertruydenberg; The Campaign in the Netherlands, with the Sieges of Douay, Bethune, St. Venant, and Aire; The Three Battles in Spain; The Descent on Languedoc; The Measures to secure the Neutrality in the Empire; The Rupture between the Ottoman Port and the Czar of Muscovy; The Seizure of Mr. Masucr and of the Grand Prior of France thereupon; The Consequences of Dr. Sacheverell's Tryal; Remarkable Addresses on both Sides; Reason for and against the late Changes in the Ministry, and Calling a New Parliament; Full Account of the Proceedings of the latter; And the Remarkable Occurrences of the Year 1710.
Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.Date: 1711- Books
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The entertainer; or, youth's delightful preceptor, containing a collection of the most curious and remarkable pieces of natural and civil history, Poetry, Voyages, Fables, Lives, Travels, Wars, Battles, Sieges, &c. &c. A Compendious History of the Bible, with the Live and Death of Jesus Christ. Accounts of some of the most stupendous Works of Art. Collected from the most eminent Authors, both antient and modern. To which is prefixed, a plan of education, From the Chevalier Ramsay, Author of the Travels of Cyrus. And An Appendix, Containing Rules for Reading and Study, with a Catalogue of such Books as are proper to form the Library of the Gentleman, Lady, Tradesman, &c. From the Learned Mr. Locke. The whole designed not only for the Use of Schools, but also for those who have neither Time to read, nor Money to purchase the larger Works from which those ingenious and instructing Pieces are extracted. By D. Burgess, A.M.
Burgess, D., A.M.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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The historians guide. Wherein every remarkable occurrence in our history, such as Battles, Sieges, Conspiracies, Rebellions, Invasions, Tryals, Executions, Fires, Earthquakes, Storms, Revolutions, Births, Marriages, Deaths, And every other Memorable Event that has happened in England and Ireland to the present Time, are accurately recorded, with the dates affixed; together with a full and exact Chronology of the most eminent Men in all Ages. Designed for the Pocket, in Order to set People Right in Conversation. By the Rev. John Trusler, D.D. To which are added the following useful articles,- list of the Chief Governors of Ireland Ditto of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of Dublin down to this Year. - Ditto of the Peers of Ireland, with the Stiles of their eldest Sons. - An exact Table of the Fares of Coaches, Post-Chaises, and Sedan Chairs, according to the late Act of Parliament. - Table of Guineas ready cast up. - Tables of Interest. - Tables of Annuities for Lives from Sir Isaac Newton. -List of the Fairs of Ireland, with the Commodities sold therein, and a complete Meat Market Book.
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The progress of the arms of the high allies, from their setting down before Lisle to the siege of Mons: Wherein Is a Fuller View of the Sieges of Lisle and Tournay, and the Battels of Audenarde, Winendale from General Webb's own Memoirs, and the Glorious Victory at Blagnies, near Mons, than has been hitherto made Pub'ick. To which is prefix'd a plan of the country where the sieges were, and the Battles Fought, with a general list of the kill'd and wounded at those Battels and Sieges.
Date: 1710- Books
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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?]