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Turn next to Nelson's attack on Boulogne , and to M. Thiers ' extravagant assertion that its failure produced the peace of Amiens . He states that there were two attacks on that port -on the 4th and 16th of August , 1801.
Turn next to Nelson's attack on Boulogne , and to M. Thiers ' extravagant assertion that its failure produced the peace of Amiens . He states that there were two attacks on that port -on the 4th and 16th of August , 1801.
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Our complaint against M. Thiers is that , whilst he brings pro- minently forward the administrative defects which lessen the humiliation of defeat , he withholds all mention of those which heighten the merit of victory .
Our complaint against M. Thiers is that , whilst he brings pro- minently forward the administrative defects which lessen the humiliation of defeat , he withholds all mention of those which heighten the merit of victory .
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It is with no common bitterness of feeling that M. Thiers attempts to soften the humiliation and discomfiture of Massena . That the Portu- guese people did not comprehend the schemes of Wellington is by no means improbable , when we ...
It is with no common bitterness of feeling that M. Thiers attempts to soften the humiliation and discomfiture of Massena . That the Portu- guese people did not comprehend the schemes of Wellington is by no means improbable , when we ...
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