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A body of the French, who, let loose against the king of Prussia by the ever-memorable and shameful convention of Closter-Seven, had entered the territories of Halberstadt and Magdeburgh, were worsted at Eglen by a party of six hundred men, under the command of count Horn, whom prince Ferdinand of Brunswick had detached from a body of troops with which his Prussian majesty had sent him to defend those countries.
The landing which the English effected at Cuxhaven while the Danes, who garrisoned that port, were occupied in pursuing the Duke of Brunswick, was attended by no result. After the escape of the Duke the Danes returned to their post which the English immediately evacuated.
The Elector Palatine, Frederick V., is chosen King by the Bohemians. He accepts the Crown of Bohemia. Bethlen Gabor, Prince of Transylvania, invades Austria. The Duke of Bavaria and the Princes of the League embrace the cause of Ferdinand. The Union arm for Frederick. The Battle of Prague and total subjection of Bohemia. State of the Empire. Of Europe. Mansfeld. Christian, Duke of Brunswick.
From St. George's Cross to the Stars and Stripes Unpunctuality Incompetence A wretched night Colonial curiosity The fashions A night in a buffalo robe A stage journey A queer character Politics Chemistry Mathematics Rotten bridges A midnight arrival Colonial ignorance Yankee conceit What ten-horse power chaps can do The pestilence The city on the rock New Brunswick Steamboat peculiarities Going ahead in the eating line A storm Stepping ashore.
'Well, gentlemen, says the auctioneer, 'here is the imported bull "Duke of Brunswick". It ain't often an animal of his quality comes in with a mob of store cattle; but I am informed by Mr. Carisforth that he left orders for the whole of the cattle to be cleared off the run, and this valuable animal was brought away in mistake.
In this and the front chamber, used commonly as my aunt's own sitting-room, was a strange litter of maps, papers, and equipments, two swords, a brace of inlaid pistols, brass-plated, two Hessian hats, the trappings of a Brunswick chasseur, and a long military cloak with a gold-braided regimental number under a large crown on each shoulder.
In 1830 constitutions were demanded and were guardedly granted in Brunswick, Saxony, Hanover, and Hesse-Cassel. In 1832 things had gone so far that at a great student festival the black, red, and gold flag of the Burschenschaft was hoisted, toasts were drunk to the sovereignty of the people, to the United States of Germany, and to Europe Republican! This was followed by further prosecutions.
The secret of war, said Wellington, is to find out what is going on on the other side of the hill. When Brunswick rode over the field some days later, a staff officer asked him why he had not moved forward. He answered, "Because I did not know what was behind the hill." There was Dumouriez's reserve of 16,000 men.
The people were roused to resist the invaders, and the militia was organised throughout the State silently but surely. Our victories at Trenton and Princeton were received as the signals for action. As the enemy retired on Brunswick, they were followed by the exasperated farmers, and harassed terribly.
If the British had resolved to conquer, the French had determined not to yield as long as their ship remained afloat. Still it appeared doubtful which would come off the victor. At this crisis, for an instant, as the smoke cleared off, another line-of-battle ship was seen approaching the Brunswick. If a Frenchman, all on board saw it would go hard with her.
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