The Historians' History of the World: Switzerland (concluded ), Russia and PolandHenry Smith Williams Outlook Company, 1904 |
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... army had time to abate , indecision and distrust to increase , and recruits to join the French army . Meanwhile , General Schauenburg had collected a division of troops on the frontiers of Solothurn and Bern , equal in strength to that ...
... army had time to abate , indecision and distrust to increase , and recruits to join the French army . Meanwhile , General Schauenburg had collected a division of troops on the frontiers of Solothurn and Bern , equal in strength to that ...
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... army entered the Grisons . A signal defeat sustained by the French troops near Stockach , in Swabia , the victorious advance of the Aus- trian army into Switzerland , and the removal of the seat of the Helvetic government from Lucerne ...
... army entered the Grisons . A signal defeat sustained by the French troops near Stockach , in Swabia , the victorious advance of the Aus- trian army into Switzerland , and the removal of the seat of the Helvetic government from Lucerne ...
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... army he distributed into seven divisions . In the choice of superior officers , he exacted that he alone should judge of their capacity without any regard to political opinion ; this was the way both to get excellent officers and to ...
... army he distributed into seven divisions . In the choice of superior officers , he exacted that he alone should judge of their capacity without any regard to political opinion ; this was the way both to get excellent officers and to ...
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... army a single man if through a mistake a Vaudois troop had not rushed under fire from the Bertigny redoubt , which resulted in seven killed and a large number wounded . As soon as Fribourg had capitulated the general confided to Colonel ...
... army a single man if through a mistake a Vaudois troop had not rushed under fire from the Bertigny redoubt , which resulted in seven killed and a large number wounded . As soon as Fribourg had capitulated the general confided to Colonel ...
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... army and for the preservation of order . 1394 The truce with Austria is prolonged for twenty years . The Swiss Confederacy is recognised and political dependence on Habsburg is practically at an end . The country hereafter is commonly ...
... army and for the preservation of order . 1394 The truce with Austria is prolonged for twenty years . The Swiss Confederacy is recognised and political dependence on Habsburg is practically at an end . The country hereafter is commonly ...
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Page 624 - His Majesty the Emperor of the French, His Majesty the King of Prussia, His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and His Majesty the King of Sardinia, declare the Sublime Porte admitted to participate in the advantages of the public law and system (concert) of Europe.
Page 632 - Convention for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864.
Page 628 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 627 - Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of all the Russias, and the King of Sardinia, on the other part, engage to respect this determination of the Sultan, and to conform themselves to the principle above declared.
Page 629 - Bulgaria should be' constituted an autonomous and tributary Principality under the suzerainty of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. It will have a Christian Government and a national militia.
Page 126 - Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 634 - The duties of arbitrator may be conferred on one arbitrator alone or on several arbitrators selected by the parties as they please, or chosen by them from the members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration established by the present Act.
Page 625 - If there should arise between the Sublime Porte and one or more of the other Signing Powers, any misunderstanding which might endanger the maintenance of their relations, the Sublime Porte, and each of such Powers, before having recourse to the use of force, shall afford the other Contracting Parties the opportunity of preventing such an extremity by means of their Mediation.
Page 628 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 628 - The present declaration is not and shall not be binding, except between those powers who have acceded, or shall accede, to it.