Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, Volume 1J. Murray, 1859 - Great Britain |
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... Captain 85th Foot Lieut . - Colonel 12th Foot A.D.C. to the King .. Colonel 33rd Regiment .. Constable of the Tower Major - General .. .. .. August , 1758 . .. .. .. August 5 , 1759. ( A new regiment raised by J. Crauford , Esq . ) May ...
... Captain 85th Foot Lieut . - Colonel 12th Foot A.D.C. to the King .. Colonel 33rd Regiment .. Constable of the Tower Major - General .. .. .. August , 1758 . .. .. .. August 5 , 1759. ( A new regiment raised by J. Crauford , Esq . ) May ...
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... lieut . - colonel . A very few days after his joining the army , the French , under the Prince de Soubise and the Maréchal de Broglie , drove in the British outposts near Kirch Donkern . On the 15th of July Lord Brome was ordered to ...
... lieut . - colonel . A very few days after his joining the army , the French , under the Prince de Soubise and the Maréchal de Broglie , drove in the British outposts near Kirch Donkern . On the 15th of July Lord Brome was ordered to ...
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... Captain and Lieut . - Colonel 3rd Foot Guards , d . about 1758. His mother was a dau . of General Tuleken , a Dutch officer , who came to England with William III . 2 Lady Mary , b . June 28 , 1769 , d . May 26 , 1857 ; m . Nov. 1785 ...
... Captain and Lieut . - Colonel 3rd Foot Guards , d . about 1758. His mother was a dau . of General Tuleken , a Dutch officer , who came to England with William III . 2 Lady Mary , b . June 28 , 1769 , d . May 26 , 1857 ; m . Nov. 1785 ...
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... Lieut . - Colonel Mawhood , ' at Princetown , and the 2nd brigade , with Brigadier - General Leslie , at Maidenhead . On the approach of the British troops , the enemy's forward posts were driven back upon their army , which was formed ...
... Lieut . - Colonel Mawhood , ' at Princetown , and the 2nd brigade , with Brigadier - General Leslie , at Maidenhead . On the approach of the British troops , the enemy's forward posts were driven back upon their army , which was formed ...
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... Lieut . - Colonel Campbell , " and the Queen's Rangers , under Lieut . - Colonel Simcoe , who crossed the North River from Lieut . - General Knyphausen's divi- sion , and were to have co - operated with the other columns , were ...
... Lieut . - Colonel Campbell , " and the Queen's Rangers , under Lieut . - Colonel Simcoe , who crossed the North River from Lieut . - General Knyphausen's divi- sion , and were to have co - operated with the other columns , were ...
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